Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 24 km S of Géfyra, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 24 km S of Géfyra, Greece on Tue, Apr 8, 2003, 2:20 AM GMT+3 (23:20 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 24 km SSE of Ýdra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2003-04-07 23:20:34 UTC
Depth
13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.470° N, 23.080° 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.

Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
57

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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.744 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8573 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.444 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8573 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 3.029 km SE of Leonídio, Greece · 8568 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 3.120 km SSE of Kardamýli, Greece · 8568 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 3.373 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 8564 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.230 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 8563 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 4.324 km SSE of Ýdra, Greece · 8563 days ago · 90 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 3.624 km SE of Koróni, Greece · 8552 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 3.331 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 8548 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 3.551 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 8546 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.223 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 8533 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 4.216 km N of Kýthira, Greece · 8526 days ago · 82 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 3.411 km ENE of Géfyra, Greece · 8522 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 3.124 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 8519 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 3.312 km ENE of Koróni, Greece · 8582 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 3.029 km SSW of Asopós, Greece · 8585 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 3.113 km ESE of Karyés, Greece · 8595 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.414 km N of Kýthira, Greece · 8603 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 4.431 km SSE of Spétses, Greece · 8606 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bup5. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM UTC.