Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 34 km SW of Kastrí, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 34 km SW of Kastrí, Greece on Tue, Nov 18, 2003, 1:43 AM GMT+2 (23:43 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 20 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (Md, duration), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-11-17 23:43:40 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.660° N, 23.770° 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 usp000cd7p. 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
221°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
19

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 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.332 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8352 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.74 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 8351 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 3.08 km NNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8351 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 3.371 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 8351 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 3.323 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 8351 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 3.534 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 8332 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 3.121 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8320 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 3.42 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 8302 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 4.120 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 8300 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 3.531 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 8297 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 3.512 km ESE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8363 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 3.132 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 8367 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.233 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 8367 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 3.221 km SE of Palaióchora, Greece · 8367 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 3.433 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8370 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 3.844 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8370 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 3.733 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8370 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 3.111 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 8373 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 3.447 km S of Moíres, Greece · 8380 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 3.324 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 8381 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cd7p. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:31 AM UTC.