M3.1 earthquake 16 km NE of Firá, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 16 km NE of Firá, Greece on Mon, Mar 3, 2003, 5:36 PM GMT+2 (15:36 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 51 km NNE of Sísion, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-03-03 15:36:03 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.540° N, 25.540° 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 usp000brwb. 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
- 178°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.048 km N of Néa Alikarnassós, Greece · 8593 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.141 km SSW of Emporeío, Greece · 8589 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.4Crete, Greece · 8586 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.163 km SE of Emporeío, Greece · 8584 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.141 km SSE of Emporeío, Greece · 8582 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.151 km NNE of Sísion, Greece · 8561 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 3.315 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8613 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.729 km NE of Firá, Greece · 8618 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.229 km SSW of Amorgós, Greece · 8618 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.527 km SW of Amorgós, Greece · 8623 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.224 km SE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8625 days ago · 152 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000brwb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.