Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 42 km S of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 42 km S of Fry, Greece on Sun, May 4, 2003, 4:00 AM GMT+3 (01:00 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 39 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-05-04 01:00:16 UTC
Depth
107.0 km (66.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
35.038° N, 26.985° 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 usp000bwjh. 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
209°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.538 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8548 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 3.744 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8548 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.90 km ENE of Sitia, Greece · 8546 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.08 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8546 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 4.139 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8537 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.831 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8535 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 3.638 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8535 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 3.445 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8531 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 3.214 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8519 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 3.334 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 8509 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.166 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8508 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 4.161 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8506 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 4.070 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 3.799 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 4.044 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 3.714 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8491 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 3.646 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8561 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.660 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8565 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.116 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 8575 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bwjh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC.