M3.6 earthquake 37 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 37 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece on Wed, Oct 22, 2003, 9:08 PM GMT+3 (18:08 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 5 km SE of Mália, 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), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-10-22 18:08:03 UTC
- Depth
- 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.840° N, 26.100° 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
- 220°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.311 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8378 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.028 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8376 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.227 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 8375 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.45 km SE of Mália, Greece · 8371 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.620 km E of Kentrí, Greece · 8369 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.574 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8367 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.149 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8358 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.142 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8353 days ago · 97 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.49 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8343 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.720 km SSE of Sitia, Greece · 8342 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.534 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8340 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.382 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8331 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.434 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8331 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.338 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8331 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.920 km ESE of Kentrí, Greece · 8327 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8322 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.238 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8321 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.465 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8321 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.333 km W of Fry, Greece · 8320 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.036 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8319 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 3.839 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8379 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.87 km S of Mokhós, Greece · 8382 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.337 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8385 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.310 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8386 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.131 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8387 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.445 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8393 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.318 km W of Fry, Greece · 8399 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.32 km NW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8401 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.830 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8402 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.214 km ENE of Schísma Eloúndas, Greece · 8408 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cb11. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC.