M3.2 earthquake Aegean Sea
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck in the Aegean Sea on Wed, Mar 19, 2003, 5:40 PM GMT+2 (15:40 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 18 km NW of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-03-19 15:40:43 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.470° N, 25.380° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 179°
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.823 km SE of Oxílithos, Greece · 8580 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.17 km WNW of Skýros, Greece · 8573 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.828 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 8564 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.418 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 8554 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bt1e. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC.