Greece earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 83 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 83 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece on Fri, May 30, 2003, 1:47 PM GMT+3 (10:47 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-05-30 10:47:10 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.378° N, 26.227° 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 usp000byj2. 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.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
104°
Stations used
176

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.287 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8516 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.166 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8508 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.070 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 3.799 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 4.044 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 3.687 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8492 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 3.714 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8491 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.289 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8490 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 3.96 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8490 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 4.128 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8490 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.717 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 3.814 km SSW of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 3.740 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8489 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 3.58 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 8487 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 3.422 km SSE of Sitia, Greece · 8487 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 3.7123 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8483 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 3.8131 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8482 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 3.55 km W of Sitia, Greece · 8479 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 3.831 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8535 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.139 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8537 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 3.413 km ENE of Kentrí, Greece · 8538 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 3.628 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8542 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 3.43 km WNW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8545 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.08 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8546 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 3.90 km ENE of Sitia, Greece · 8546 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000byj2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:48 AM UTC.