Greece earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 22 km SE of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 22 km SE of Fry, Greece on Thu, Dec 18, 2003, 2:08 AM GMT+2 (00:08 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 65 km NNW of Karpathos, 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
2003-12-18 00:08:43 UTC
Depth
17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.270° N, 27.090° 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 usp000cffh. 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
139°
Stations used
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.238 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8321 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 3.333 km W of Fry, Greece · 8320 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 3.036 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8319 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 3.338 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8300 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 3.320 km S of Fry, Greece · 8300 days ago · 56 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.053 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8291 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 3.253 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8291 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 3.25 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8290 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 3.751 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8281 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 3.210 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 8275 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 5.165 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8271 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 3.266 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8271 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 3.320 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8270 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.943 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8264 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 3.920 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 8323 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 3.339 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8334 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 3.534 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8340 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 3.720 km SSE of Sitia, Greece · 8342 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.949 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 8344 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.142 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8353 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cffh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:22 AM UTC.