M3.3 earthquake 3 km NW of Arfará, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 3 km NW of Arfará, Greece on Tue, Aug 5, 2003, 3:07 PM GMT+3 (12:07 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 15 km S of Chalandrítsa, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-08-05 12:07:37 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.180° N, 22.020° 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
- 132°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.24 km SSW of Karyés, Greece · 8457 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.87 km W of Zacháro, Greece · 8449 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.310 km N of Megalópoli, Greece · 8447 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.63 km WNW of Lálas, Greece · 8437 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.07 km SW of Kardamás, Greece · 8436 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.510 km S of Messíni, Greece · 8435 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.527 km W of Methóni, Greece · 8434 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.65 km ESE of Pýlos, Greece · 8434 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.412 km SSE of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8430 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.33 km ENE of Plátanos, Greece · 8428 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.15 km NW of Dimitsána, Greece · 8427 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.416 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 8425 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.56 km ENE of Arfará, Greece · 8418 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.06 km ENE of Meligalás, Greece · 8416 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.341 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 8413 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.427 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8413 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 8405 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.243 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8402 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.315 km S of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8401 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.616 km S of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8401 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.27 km N of Goúmero, Greece · 8401 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.218 km S of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8401 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.317 km NE of Goúmero, Greece · 8400 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.08 km N of Megalópoli, Greece · 8399 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.54 km ESE of Arfará, Greece · 8398 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 3.529 km W of Methóni, Greece · 8461 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.53 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 8461 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.317 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8461 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.411 km WSW of Pýlos, Greece · 8470 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.18 km SW of Kardamás, Greece · 8471 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.47 km W of Pýrgos, Greece · 8472 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.016 km NE of Sykiá, Greece · 8476 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.219 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 8476 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.52 km NNE of Methóni, Greece · 8479 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.626 km SW of Gýtheio, Greece · 8481 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.228 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 8481 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.36 km WNW of Áris, Greece · 8483 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.65 km NE of Methóni, Greece · 8487 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c46b. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.