M3.1 earthquake 41 km NNE of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 41 km NNE of Skýros, Greece on Mon, Dec 30, 2002, 6:23 PM GMT+2 (16:23 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 34 km NW of Skýros, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-30 16:23:46 UTC
- Depth
- 26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.260° N, 24.720° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.544 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 8671 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.08 km W of Skýros, Greece · 8665 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.320 km WNW of Skýros, Greece · 8665 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.422 km NNW of Skýros, Greece · 8651 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.429 km N of Kými, Greece · 8640 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.914 km NW of Skýros, Greece · 8639 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.121 km N of Skýros, Greece · 8634 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.424 km N of Skýros, Greece · 8634 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.025 km N of Skýros, Greece · 8632 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.245 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 8627 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.331 km SE of Patitírion, Greece · 8624 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.141 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 8623 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.334 km NW of Skýros, Greece · 8623 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.125 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 8623 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.725 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 8617 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 3.244 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 8676 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.236 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 8676 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.333 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 8678 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.133 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 8679 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.321 km N of Skýros, Greece · 8681 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.434 km NW of Skýros, Greece · 8702 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.231 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 8703 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bmr7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.