M3.5 earthquake 21 km WNW of Fry, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 21 km WNW of Fry, Greece on Thu, Mar 6, 2003, 8:35 PM GMT+2 (18:35 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 60 km SE 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
- 2003-03-06 18:35:25 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.490° N, 26.710° 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
- 199°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.920 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8608 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.4Crete, Greece · 8586 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.163 km SE of Emporeío, Greece · 8583 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.537 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8580 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.116 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 8575 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.660 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8565 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.646 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8561 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.542 km S of Fry, Greece · 8551 days ago · 107 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bs2z. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC.