Greece earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 50 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 50 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece on Wed, Jan 8, 2003, 8:01 PM GMT+2 (18:01 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 19 km SW of Kastrí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb), minor
Local time
UTC
2003-01-08 18:01:53 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.427° N, 23.852° 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.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used
18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.65 km NNE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8662 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 3.81 km SSE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8653 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 3.143 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 8653 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 3.429 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8638 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 3.37 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 8637 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 3.3Crete, Greece · 8633 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 3.615 km E of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8628 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.046 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 8621 days ago · 75 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 4.719 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 8615 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away

Before

  1. 3.512 km ENE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8668 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.314 km ESE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8674 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 3.712 km W of Agía Galíni, Greece · 8678 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.552 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 8683 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.026 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8683 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 3.977 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 8684 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 3.760 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 8685 days ago · 67 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 3.619 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8687 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 4.126 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 8688 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 3.413 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 8688 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 3.752 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 8688 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bn8w. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC.