M3.6 earthquake 19 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 19 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece on Wed, Dec 18, 2002, 11:59 PM GMT+2 (21:59 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 26 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-18 21:59:45 UTC
- Depth
- 37.0 km (23.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.920° N, 24.670° 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
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.760 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 8684 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.977 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 8684 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.026 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8683 days ago · 61 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.31 km S of Mokhós, Greece · 8683 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.37 km SW of Tympáki, Greece · 8683 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.552 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 8683 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.54 km NW of Asímion, Greece · 8681 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.712 km W of Agía Galíni, Greece · 8678 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.48 km WSW of Atsipópoulo, Greece · 8674 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.314 km ESE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8674 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.55 km SSE of Rethymno, Greece · 8668 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.512 km ENE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8668 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.08 km WSW of Atsipópoulo, Greece · 8667 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.850 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 8666 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.414 km S of Atsipópoulo, Greece · 8664 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.65 km NNE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8662 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.54 km SSW of Arkalochóri, Greece · 8660 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.81 km SSE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8653 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.143 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 8653 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.26 km SW of Atsipópoulo, Greece · 8651 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.429 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8638 days ago · 66 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.37 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 8637 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.3Crete, Greece · 8633 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.415 km N of Anógeia, Greece · 8633 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.45 km WSW of Zonianá, Greece · 8632 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.615 km E of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8628 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 3.31 km SSW of Atsipópoulo, Greece · 8688 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.126 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 8688 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.413 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 8688 days ago · 65 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.68 km E of Pánormos, Greece · 8688 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.812 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 8688 days ago · 68 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.752 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 8688 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.71 km W of Agía Galíni, Greece · 8688 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.32 km NE of Chaniá, Greece · 8689 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.925 km N of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8699 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.811 km ENE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8708 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.03 km SSW of Arkalochóri, Greece · 8713 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bkyb. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC.