M3.3 earthquake 29 km E of Astypálaia, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 29 km E of Astypálaia, Greece on Fri, Oct 10, 2003, 4:51 AM GMT+3 (01:51 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 15 km SW of Kéfalos, 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 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-10-10 01:51:09 UTC
- Depth
- 43.0 km (26.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.560° N, 26.680° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000ca1c. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- 100°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.48 km SW of Kardámaina, Greece · 8387 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.29 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 8384 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.033 km W of Skála, Greece · 8380 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.144 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8375 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.060 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8372 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.741 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8356 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.515 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8352 days ago · 146 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.320 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 8352 days ago · 163 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.949 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 8344 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.910 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8340 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.339 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8334 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 3.149 km ESE of Emporeío, Greece · 8395 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.944 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8397 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.346 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8401 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8411 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.228 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8415 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.413 km SE of Kardámaina, Greece · 8417 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.313 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8419 days ago · 155 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ca1c. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:36 AM UTC.