M3.4 earthquake 13 km SE of Kardámaina, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 13 km SE of Kardámaina, Greece on Mon, Sep 15, 2003, 1:08 PM GMT+3 (10:08 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 7 km SSW of Turgut, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-09-15 10:08:28 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.710° N, 27.260° 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 usp000c7ky. 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
- 142°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.228 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8416 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.026 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 8414 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8412 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.346 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8401 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.329 km E of Astypálaia, Greece · 8393 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.48 km SW of Kardámaina, Greece · 8387 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.29 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 8385 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.144 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8376 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.060 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8373 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.17 km SSW of Turgut, Turkey · 8366 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c7ky. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:12 PM UTC.