M3.4 earthquake 18 km NW of Eresós, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 18 km NW of Eresós, Greece on Wed, Apr 30, 2003, 10:01 PM GMT+3 (19:01 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 18 km SW of Plomári, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-04-30 19:01:44 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.280° N, 25.770° 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
- 102°
- 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.635 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8541 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.335 km N of Psará, Greece · 8533 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.148 km S of Mýrina, Greece · 8517 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.71 km SW of Behram, Turkey · 8517 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.145 km S of Mýrina, Greece · 8511 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.824 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 8508 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.326 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8507 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.527 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8507 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.428 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8507 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.918 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 8498 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.734 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 8495 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bwaj. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:26 PM UTC.