M5.3 earthquake 13 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 13 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece on Sat, Sep 13, 2003, 4:46 PM GMT+3 (13:46 UTC), 155 km (96 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-09-13 13:46:14 UTC
- Depth
- 155.0 km (96.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 36.629° N, 26.918° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.22 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
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 usp000c7e7. 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 97°, dip 40°, rake 10°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 360°, dip 84°, rake 129°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 443
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.413 km SE of Kardámaina, Greece · 8417 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.228 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8415 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8411 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.346 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8401 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.149 km ESE of Emporeío, Greece · 8395 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.329 km E of Astypálaia, Greece · 8392 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.48 km SW of Kardámaina, Greece · 8387 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.29 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 8384 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.144 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8375 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.060 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8372 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c7e7 (also filed as gcmtb091303e, gcmt20030913134614, iscgem7125990). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.