M3.6 earthquake 103 km S of Ierápetra, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 103 km S of Ierápetra, Greece on Sun, Sep 7, 2003, 1:23 PM GMT+3 (10:23 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 37 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-09-07 10:23:53 UTC
- Depth
- 67.4 km (41.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.081° N, 25.857° 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 usp000c6z9. 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 175°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.037 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8425 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.075 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8425 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.621 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8414 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.839 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8380 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.637 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8380 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.028 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8377 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.574 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8368 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 4.6Crete, Greece · 8427 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.231 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8432 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.333 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8432 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.681 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8440 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.095 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8447 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c6z9. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:12 PM UTC.