M3.3 earthquake 46 km N of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 46 km N of Karpathos, Greece on Wed, Oct 1, 2003, 12:19 PM GMT+3 (09:19 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 15 km SW of Kéfalos, 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, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-10-01 09:19:31 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.930° N, 27.240° 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 usp000c98b. 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
- 122°
- 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.318 km W of Fry, Greece · 8399 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.944 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8397 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.445 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8394 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.329 km E of Astypálaia, Greece · 8392 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.131 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8387 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.48 km SW of Kardámaina, Greece · 8387 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.337 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8385 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.29 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 8384 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.612 km ESE of Lárdos, Greece · 8381 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.227 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 8376 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.144 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8375 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.060 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8373 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.741 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8356 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.16 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8354 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.515 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8353 days ago · 146 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.320 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 8353 days ago · 163 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.949 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 8345 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 3.830 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8402 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.748 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8403 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.617 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8405 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8412 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.026 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 8414 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.228 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8416 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.413 km SE of Kardámaina, Greece · 8417 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.313 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8419 days ago · 155 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.325 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8424 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.614 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 8428 days ago · 157 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.734 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 8430 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.535 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 8430 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c98b. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC.