M3.5 earthquake 32 km W of Émponas, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 32 km W of Émponas, Greece on Sun, Mar 2, 2003, 2:11 AM GMT+2 (00:11 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 20 km NNW of Karpathos, 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
- 2003-03-02 00:11:45 UTC
- Depth
- 45.0 km (28.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.260° N, 27.500° 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
- 104°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.920 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8608 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.942 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 8591 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.328 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 8587 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.537 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8580 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.646 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8561 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.342 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 8620 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.224 km SE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8625 days ago · 152 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.53 km SSW of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 8640 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.21 km SE of Bodrum, Turkey · 8640 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.68 km SSW of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 8640 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.38 km ESE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 8640 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.67 km E of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 8640 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.78 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 8640 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000brs0. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.