M3.5 earthquake 19 km NW of Itháki, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 19 km NW of Itháki, Greece on Sat, Dec 27, 2003, 12:44 PM GMT+2 (10:44 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 10 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-12-27 10:44:37 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.490° N, 20.560° 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
- 159°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.99 km N of Lepenoú, Greece · 8313 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.515 km W of Préveza, Greece · 8312 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.47 km WSW of Kyllíni, Greece · 8309 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.410 km SSW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 8309 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.13 km NW of Galatás, Greece · 8309 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.320 km NNW of Itháki, Greece · 8309 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.27 km NNE of Lixoúri, Greece · 8305 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.626 km SW of Katastárion, Greece · 8301 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.4Ionian Sea · 8298 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.014 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 8296 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.23 km E of Lápas, Greece · 8296 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.717 km NW of Itháki, Greece · 8295 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.41 km NE of Limnokhórion, Greece · 8295 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.29 km NNW of Káto Acha?a, Greece · 8293 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.210 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 8293 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.110 km S of Mesolóngi, Greece · 8292 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.06 km N of Káto Acha?a, Greece · 8292 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.12 km S of Panaitólion, Greece · 8292 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.410 km S of Galatás, Greece · 8292 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.15 km WNW of Préveza, Greece · 8290 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.18 km WNW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 8289 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.639 km SW of Gáïos, Greece · 8288 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.5Ionian Sea · 8288 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.08 km NW of Royítika, Greece · 8285 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.610 km SSE of Galatás, Greece · 8284 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.511 km NNE of Káto Acha?a, Greece · 8284 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.34 km WNW of Royítika, Greece · 8284 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.30 km SSW of Galatás, Greece · 8284 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.26 km WNW of Paralía, Greece · 8284 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.33 km SE of Arkoúdi, Greece · 8283 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.414 km W of Lefkáda, Greece · 8279 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.28 km ESE of Párga, Greece · 8278 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.09 km W of Pátra, Greece · 8278 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.417 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 8274 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.19 km NNE of Gaïtánion, Greece · 8269 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.112 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 8264 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.37 km N of Káto Acha?a, Greece · 8263 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.14 km NW of Thérmo, Greece · 8261 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.85 km NW of Thérmo, Greece · 8260 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.36 km E of Gavaloú, Greece · 8260 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.35 km NW of Thérmo, Greece · 8260 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.10 km NNE of Thérmo, Greece · 8260 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.28 km ENE of Sardínia, Greece · 8259 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.22 km SSW of Thérmo, Greece · 8259 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.410 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 8259 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.614 km WNW of Lefkáda, Greece · 8258 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.21 km W of Vartholomió, Greece · 8258 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.611 km N of Kyllíni, Greece · 8256 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.06 km SE of Monastiráki, Greece · 8255 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 3.612 km WNW of Sámi, Greece · 8314 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.714 km NNW of Itháki, Greece · 8315 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.413 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 8318 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.94 km SE of Stános, Greece · 8319 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.212 km N of Thérmo, Greece · 8323 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.35 km ESE of Sámi, Greece · 8326 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.613 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8326 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.230 km NW of Itháki, Greece · 8329 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.14 km SW of Pappadhátai, Greece · 8329 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.211 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 8329 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.313 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 8330 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.57 km W of Sámi, Greece · 8331 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.2Greece · 8332 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.510 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 8333 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.112 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 8334 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.511 km W of Préveza, Greece · 8334 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.42 km NW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 8334 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.812 km NNE of Lixoúri, Greece · 8336 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.21 km ESE of Arkoúdi, Greece · 8338 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.52 km NNW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 8338 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cg88. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:12 PM UTC.