M3.3 earthquake Ionian Sea
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck in the Ionian Sea on Thu, Aug 28, 2003, 10:56 PM GMT+3 (19:56 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 5 km ESE of Pýlos, 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
- 2003-08-28 19:56:48 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.280° N, 20.750° 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
- 245°, 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.65 km ESE of Pýlos, Greece · 8433 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.617 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 8429 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.33 km ENE of Plátanos, Greece · 8428 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.510 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 8426 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.416 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 8425 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.40 km WSW of Vartholomió, Greece · 8415 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.517 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 8413 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.341 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 8413 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.414 km SSW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 8413 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.31 km NW of Gastoúni, Greece · 8406 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.444 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8406 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.342 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 8402 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.27 km N of Goúmero, Greece · 8401 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.464 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8399 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.648 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 8398 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.513 km W of Pýlos, Greece · 8397 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.640 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8396 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.760 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8393 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.316 km WNW of Katastárion, Greece · 8391 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.47 km WNW of Methóni, Greece · 8387 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.216 km SW of Zacháro, Greece · 8383 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.216 km NNW of Filiatrá, Greece · 8383 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.560 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8376 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.615 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 8376 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 3.527 km W of Methóni, Greece · 8434 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.07 km SW of Kardamás, Greece · 8435 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.63 km WNW of Lálas, Greece · 8437 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.313 km NW of Katastárion, Greece · 8439 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.534 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 8442 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 8446 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.515 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 8446 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.87 km W of Zacháro, Greece · 8448 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.426 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8455 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.529 km W of Methóni, Greece · 8460 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.059 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8460 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.53 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 8461 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.317 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8461 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c655. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:53 PM UTC.