M3.8 earthquake 19 km SE of Géfyra, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 19 km SE of Géfyra, Greece on Sun, Jun 8, 2003, 5:16 AM GMT+3 (02:16 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 42 km SE of Ýdra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-06-08 02:16:56 UTC
- Depth
- 65.1 km (40.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.566° N, 23.200° 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.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.042 km SE of Ýdra, Greece · 8511 days ago · 127 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.14 km SE of Leonídio, Greece · 8507 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.434 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece · 8493 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.231 km S of Asopós, Greece · 8493 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.637 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8488 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.527 km ESE of Géfyra, Greece · 8485 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.745 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8482 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.626 km SW of Gýtheio, Greece · 8480 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.016 km NE of Sykiá, Greece · 8475 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.24 km SSW of Karyés, Greece · 8457 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bzbe. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:29 PM UTC.