M3.3 earthquake 33 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 33 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece on Sun, Aug 31, 2003, 9:44 PM GMT+3 (18:44 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Crete, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-08-31 18:44:07 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.760° N, 25.950° 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
- 243°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.231 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8431 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.80 km NNW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8430 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.33 km WSW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8430 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.36 km NNE of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8429 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.43 km NW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8429 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6Crete, Greece · 8426 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.52 km W of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8426 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.6103 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 8425 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.037 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8424 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.075 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8424 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.62 km W of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8423 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.21 km ENE of Profítis Ilías, Greece · 8418 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.25 km NNE of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8418 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.93 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8416 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.621 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8413 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.214 km ENE of Schísma Eloúndas, Greece · 8408 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.32 km NW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8401 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.131 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8387 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.310 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8386 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.87 km S of Mokhós, Greece · 8382 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.839 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8379 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.637 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8379 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.311 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8378 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.028 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8376 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.227 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 8375 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 3.02 km SW of Mokhós, Greece · 8437 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.414 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8437 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.681 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8439 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.095 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8446 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.523 km ENE of Palekastro, Greece · 8450 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.068 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8461 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c6d6. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:30 AM UTC.