Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake Crete, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck in Crete, Greece on Fri, Apr 4, 2003, 12:09 AM GMT+3 (21:09 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 11 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-04-03 21:09:44 UTC
Depth
13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.470° N, 24.250° 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 usp000bu9r. 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
113°
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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.543 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 8578 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.444 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8573 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 3.613 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8570 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 3.911 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8566 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 3.322 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 8565 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 3.373 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 8565 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.235 km NNW of Mouzourás, Greece · 8556 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.224 km WSW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8545 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 3.86 km NW of Agía Marína, Greece · 8545 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 3.817 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 8582 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.721 km SSE of Palaióchora, Greece · 8585 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 3.68 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8587 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 3.732 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8588 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 3.048 km N of Néa Alikarnassós, Greece · 8593 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.76 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 8602 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 3.75 km NE of Tympáki, Greece · 8609 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bu9r. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:21 AM UTC.