M3.2 earthquake 31 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 31 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece on Mon, Sep 1, 2003, 5:45 AM GMT+3 (02:45 UTC), 4 km (2 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
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-09-01 02:45:20 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.770° N, 25.930° 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 usp000c6e3. 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.
- 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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.80 km NNW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8430 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.33 km WSW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8430 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.36 km NNE of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8429 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.43 km NW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8429 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6Crete, Greece · 8426 days ago · 67 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.52 km W of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8426 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.6103 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 8425 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.037 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8424 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 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 · 80 km away
- 3.21 km ENE of Profítis Ilías, Greece · 8418 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.25 km NNE of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8418 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 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 · 11 km away
- 3.214 km ENE of Schísma Eloúndas, Greece · 8408 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.32 km NW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8401 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 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 · 67 km away
- 3.839 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8379 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.637 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8379 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.311 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8378 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.028 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8376 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.227 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 8375 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.45 km SE of Mália, Greece · 8371 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 3.333 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8431 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.02 km SW of Mokhós, Greece · 8437 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 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 · 8440 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 · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c6e3. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC.