Greece earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 8 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 8 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece on Sat, Mar 29, 2003, 1:30 PM GMT+2 (11:30 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 34 km S of Kastrí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-03-29 11:30:24 UTC
Depth
37.0 km (23.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.130° N, 24.150° 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 usp000btry. 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
194°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.721 km SSE of Palaióchora, Greece · 8588 days ago · 76 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 3.817 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 8584 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 3.5Crete, Greece · 8584 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 3.543 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 8581 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 3.444 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8576 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 4.234 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 8574 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 3.613 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8572 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 3.911 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8569 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 3.322 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 8568 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 3.235 km NNW of Mouzourás, Greece · 8558 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 3.224 km WSW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8548 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 3.86 km NW of Agía Marína, Greece · 8547 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 3.622 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8545 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 4.265 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 8540 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 3.732 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8591 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.330 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 8592 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 3.646 km S of Moíres, Greece · 8599 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.76 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 8605 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 3.75 km NE of Tympáki, Greece · 8611 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 4.719 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 8618 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000btry. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC.