M3.8 earthquake 17 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece on Thu, Apr 3, 2003, 4:51 PM GMT+3 (13:51 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 34 km S of Kastrí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-04-03 13:51:14 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.690° N, 24.170° 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
- 261°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.5Crete, Greece · 8581 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.234 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 8571 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.613 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8570 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.911 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8566 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.251 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8546 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.224 km WSW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8545 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.725 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8543 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.622 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8543 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.265 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 8537 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 3.721 km SSE of Palaióchora, Greece · 8585 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.68 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8586 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.330 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 8589 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.646 km S of Moíres, Greece · 8597 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.76 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 8602 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.75 km NE of Tympáki, Greece · 8609 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bu95. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC.