M3.4 earthquake 34 km NW of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 34 km NW of Skýros, Greece on Wed, Dec 4, 2002, 6:16 AM GMT+2 (04:16 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 9 km NE of Istiaía, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-04 04:16:44 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.160° N, 24.340° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.217 km NNW of Yimnón, Greece · 8682 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.321 km N of Skýros, Greece · 8681 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.133 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 8679 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.333 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 8678 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.236 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 8676 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.244 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 8676 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.141 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 8675 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.37 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 8672 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.99 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 8671 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.544 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 8671 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.08 km W of Skýros, Greece · 8665 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.320 km WNW of Skýros, Greece · 8665 days ago · 45 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.34 km NW of Politiká, Greece · 8661 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.422 km NNW of Skýros, Greece · 8651 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 3.231 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 8703 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.733 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 8710 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.446 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 8711 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.435 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 8713 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.033 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 8715 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.535 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 8716 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.128 km S of Skýros, Greece · 8717 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.021 km ENE of Kými, Greece · 8717 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.619 km NNW of Skýros, Greece · 8718 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.4Aegean Sea · 8725 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bk2k. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC.