M2.0 earthquake Aegean Sea
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in the Aegean Sea on Wed, Apr 16, 2003, 10:14 PM GMT+3 (19:14 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 7 km E of Tsarítsani, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-04-16 19:14:39 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.716° N, 23.215° 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
- 140°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.08 km ESE of Gerakaroú, Greece · 8568 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.610 km SSE of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 8567 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.726 km NNE of Zagorá, Greece · 8565 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.36 km NE of Zagorá, Greece · 8563 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.139 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 8554 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.07 km NNW of Mantoúdi, Greece · 8554 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.010 km N of Gónnoi, Greece · 8548 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.58 km N of Gónnoi, Greece · 8548 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.37 km N of Gónnoi, Greece · 8543 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.97 km N of Gónnoi, Greece · 8542 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.17 km N of Gónnoi, Greece · 8541 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.20 km WSW of Velestíno, Greece · 8537 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.92 km ESE of Néo Rýsi, Greece · 8532 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.63 km ESE of Thérmi, Greece · 8532 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.91 km WSW of Plagiári, Greece · 8532 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.07 km NNW of Argalastí, Greece · 8531 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.13 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 8530 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.49 km N of Sárti, Greece · 8525 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.856 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 8522 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.26 km SE of Skiáthos, Greece · 8521 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.27 km WNW of Arnaía, Greece · 8519 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.27 km E of Tsarítsani, Greece · 8514 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.57 km NW of Gónnoi, Greece · 8514 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.610 km NNW of Gónnoi, Greece · 8514 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.59 km NNW of Gónnoi, Greece · 8514 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Gónnoi, Greece · 8514 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.810 km NNW of Gónnoi, Greece · 8514 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.99 km NW of Gónnoi, Greece · 8514 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Gónnoi, Greece · 8514 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.18 km NNW of Gónnoi, Greece · 8514 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.97 km SSW of Ormýlia, Greece · 8509 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 3.316 km ESE of Agiá, Greece · 8569 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.010 km W of Arnaía, Greece · 8571 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.141 km NNW of Patitírion, Greece · 8573 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.243 km NNW of Patitírion, Greece · 8573 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.014 km E of Leptokaryá, Greece · 8573 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.212 km E of Leptokaryá, Greece · 8575 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.128 km NNE of Zagorá, Greece · 8575 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.93 km WNW of Néa Poteídaia, Greece · 8575 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.52 km NNE of Néa Potídhaia, Greece · 8575 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.92 km N of Néa Potídhaia, Greece · 8576 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.822 km ENE of Leptokaryá, Greece · 8577 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.325 km ENE of Patitírion, Greece · 8579 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.523 km ESE of Sykiá, Greece · 8580 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.519 km E of Sárti, Greece · 8593 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bvay. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:32 PM UTC.