M3.1 earthquake 26 km S of Géfyra, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 26 km S of Géfyra, Greece on Sun, Jan 12, 2003, 12:07 AM GMT+2 (22:07 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 31 km SSE of Spétses, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-01-11 22:07:56 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.450° N, 23.060° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.357 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 8648 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.129 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 8641 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.24 km S of Sparta, Greece · 8635 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.21 km N of Geráki, Greece · 8630 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.015 km S of Gýtheio, Greece · 8629 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.161 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 8629 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.141 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 8623 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.111 km WSW of Kardamýli, Greece · 8622 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.818 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 8616 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.431 km SSE of Spétses, Greece · 8607 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.414 km N of Kýthira, Greece · 8603 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 3.09 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8666 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.044 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 8670 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.331 km SSE of Gýtheio, Greece · 8674 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.5southern Greece · 8674 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.142 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8682 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.29 km SW of Géfyra, Greece · 8683 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.545 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 8686 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.647 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8691 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.443 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8691 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bndz. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:06 AM UTC.