Greece earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 39 km NW of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 39 km NW of Fry, Greece on Sun, Dec 7, 2003, 12:30 AM GMT+2 (22:30 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 53 km WSW of Émponas, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-12-06 22:30:34 UTC
Depth
19.0 km (11.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.680° N, 26.630° 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 usp000cepr. 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
135°
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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.920 km ESE of Kentrí, Greece · 8328 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.920 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 8323 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 3.922 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8323 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 3.238 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8322 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 3.333 km W of Fry, Greece · 8321 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.036 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8320 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 3.253 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8315 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 3.04 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8312 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.830 km ESE of Kentrí, Greece · 8305 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 3.338 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8301 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 3.320 km S of Fry, Greece · 8300 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 4.053 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8292 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 3.253 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8291 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 3.25 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8291 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 3.337 km W of Émponas, Greece · 8285 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 3.426 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8279 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 3.210 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 8275 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 3.534 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8340 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 3.720 km SSE of Sitia, Greece · 8342 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 3.949 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 8344 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.320 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 8353 days ago · 163 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.142 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8353 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 3.16 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8354 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.741 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8356 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cepr. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:44 AM UTC.