M3.5 earthquake 37 km WSW of Émponas, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 37 km WSW of Émponas, Greece on Fri, Apr 4, 2003, 8:33 PM GMT+3 (17:33 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 29 km WSW of Sými, 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, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-04-04 17:33:19 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.140° N, 27.450° 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 usp000buc5. 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
- 106°
- Stations used
- 23
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.646 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8561 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.029 km WSW of Sými, Greece · 8540 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.127 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 8539 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.411 km S of Datça, Turkey · 8539 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.638 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8535 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000buc5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.