M3.1 earthquake 41 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 41 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece on Thu, Feb 20, 2003, 5:08 PM GMT+2 (15:08 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 11 km WSW of Kardamýli, 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
- 2003-02-20 15:08:45 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.430° N, 22.340° 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.111 km WSW of Kardamýli, Greece · 8621 days ago · 57 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.011 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8616 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.818 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 8616 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.380 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8613 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.313 km ENE of Meligalás, Greece · 8607 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.414 km N of Kýthira, Greece · 8603 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.492 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8601 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.113 km ESE of Karyés, Greece · 8595 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.029 km SSW of Asopós, Greece · 8585 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.312 km ENE of Koróni, Greece · 8582 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.411 km SSW of Koróni, Greece · 8582 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.024 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 8576 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.744 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8573 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.029 km SE of Leonídio, Greece · 8569 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.120 km SSE of Kardamýli, Greece · 8568 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.230 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 8563 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 3.39 km ENE of Sperchógeia, Greece · 8627 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.161 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 8628 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.015 km S of Gýtheio, Greece · 8628 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.21 km N of Geráki, Greece · 8629 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.155 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8634 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.24 km S of Sparta, Greece · 8634 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.43 km N of Kalamata, Greece · 8636 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.45 km SSW of Kalamata, Greece · 8636 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.08 km ESE of Arfará, Greece · 8636 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.56 km ENE of Sperchógeia, Greece · 8636 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.98 km ENE of Arfará, Greece · 8636 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.47 km ENE of Arfará, Greece · 8636 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.67 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 8637 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.439 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 8637 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.129 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 8640 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.282 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8646 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.357 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 8647 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000br39. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.