M3.8 earthquake 5 km E of Sými, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 5 km E of Sými, Greece on Sat, Aug 31, 2002, 9:21 PM GMT+3 (18:21 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 18 km ENE of Sými, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-08-31 18:21:54 UTC
- Depth
- 81.0 km (50.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 36.610° N, 27.900° 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
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.66 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 8790 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.640 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8782 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.535 km SE of Mandráki, Greece · 8777 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.632 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 8777 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.518 km ENE of Sými, Greece · 8770 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.38 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 8765 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.29 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8744 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 3.19 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8799 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.411 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8799 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.73 km ESE of Mandráki, Greece · 8821 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.532 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 8824 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.027 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 8825 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bb0m. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:27 AM UTC.