M3.5 earthquake 4 km ESE of Arfará, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 4 km ESE of Arfará, Greece on Sat, Oct 4, 2003, 11:04 AM GMT+3 (08:04 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 47 km SSW of Methóni, 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 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-10-04 08:04:29 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.140° N, 22.090° 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
- 149°
- 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.513 km W of Pýlos, Greece · 8396 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.640 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8396 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.214 km SW of Dimitsána, Greece · 8389 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.211 km NNE of Goúmero, Greece · 8388 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.47 km WNW of Methóni, Greece · 8387 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.216 km SW of Zacháro, Greece · 8383 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.216 km NNW of Filiatrá, Greece · 8383 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.615 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 8375 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.314 km SSE of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8371 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.55 km N of Kyparissía, Greece · 8360 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.52 km S of Megalópoli, Greece · 8357 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.747 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 8341 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.245 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 8339 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 3.08 km N of Megalópoli, Greece · 8398 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.317 km NE of Goúmero, Greece · 8400 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.218 km S of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8401 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.27 km N of Goúmero, Greece · 8401 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.616 km S of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8401 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.315 km S of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8401 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.243 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8402 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 8405 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.427 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8412 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.341 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 8413 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.06 km ENE of Meligalás, Greece · 8416 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.56 km ENE of Arfará, Greece · 8417 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.416 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 8424 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.15 km NW of Dimitsána, Greece · 8426 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c9j6. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC.