M3.5 earthquake 27 km SW of Amorgós, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 27 km SW of Amorgós, Greece on Fri, Feb 21, 2003, 4:16 AM GMT+2 (02:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 29 km SSW of Amorgós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-02-21 02:16:38 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.640° N, 25.700° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.229 km SSW of Amorgós, Greece · 8618 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.729 km NE of Firá, Greece · 8618 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.315 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8613 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.116 km NE of Firá, Greece · 8613 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.141 km SSW of Emporeío, Greece · 8589 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.4Crete, Greece · 8586 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.163 km SE of Emporeío, Greece · 8584 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.141 km SSE of Emporeío, Greece · 8582 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000br46. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:27 AM UTC.