Greece earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 44 km NW of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 44 km NW of Fry, Greece on Sun, Oct 5, 2003, 3:19 AM GMT+3 (00:19 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 42 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-10-05 00:19:50 UTC
Depth
26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.680° N, 26.550° 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 usp000c9md. 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
137°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.149 km ESE of Emporeío, Greece · 8396 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 3.445 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8394 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 3.329 km E of Astypálaia, Greece · 8393 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 3.131 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8388 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 3.310 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8387 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 3.337 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8385 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 3.054 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8384 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 3.356 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8379 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 3.311 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8378 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.859 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8377 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 3.227 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 8376 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 3.144 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8376 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 4.060 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8373 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 3.620 km E of Kentrí, Greece · 8370 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.741 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8356 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 3.16 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8354 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 4.142 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8353 days ago · 97 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 3.949 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 8345 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 3.720 km SSE of Sitia, Greece · 8342 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 3.534 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8340 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away

Before

  1. 3.318 km W of Fry, Greece · 8400 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 3.346 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8401 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 3.830 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8402 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 3.617 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8406 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 3.214 km ENE of Schísma Eloúndas, Greece · 8409 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8412 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 3.93 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8417 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 3.325 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8424 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.037 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8425 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c9md. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC.