M3.3 earthquake 33 km W of Fry, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 33 km W of Fry, Greece on Sat, Dec 20, 2003, 5:58 PM GMT+2 (15:58 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 65 km NNW 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
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-12-20 15:58:53 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.390° N, 26.560° 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 usp000cfp2. 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
- 162°
- Stations used
- 6
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 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.036 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8319 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.253 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8314 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.38 km SSE of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8314 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.04 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8312 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.9Crete, Greece · 8307 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.336 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8305 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.830 km ESE of Kentrí, Greece · 8304 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.338 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8300 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.135 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8300 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.320 km S of Fry, Greece · 8300 days ago · 56 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.053 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8291 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.253 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8291 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8290 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.210 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 8275 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.165 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8271 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.266 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8271 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.320 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8270 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.218 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 8270 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.047 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8270 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.943 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8264 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 3.238 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8321 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8322 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.922 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8323 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.920 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 8323 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.920 km ESE of Kentrí, Greece · 8328 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.338 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8331 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.434 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8331 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.339 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8334 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.534 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8340 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.720 km SSE of Sitia, Greece · 8342 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.949 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 8344 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cfp2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:21 AM UTC.