M2.8 earthquake 18 km NE of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 18 km NE of Kýthira, Greece on Thu, Feb 27, 2003, 9:29 PM GMT+2 (19:29 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 31 km SSE of Spétses, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-02-27 19:29:14 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.250° N, 23.150° 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.
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.431 km SSE of Spétses, Greece · 8606 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.414 km N of Kýthira, Greece · 8603 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.732 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8588 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.029 km SSW of Asopós, Greece · 8585 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.543 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 8577 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.024 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 8576 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.744 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8573 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.444 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8573 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.029 km SE of Leonídio, Greece · 8569 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.120 km SSE of Kardamýli, Greece · 8568 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.322 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 8564 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.373 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 8564 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.230 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 8563 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 3.763 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 8620 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.141 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 8623 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.161 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 8628 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.015 km S of Gýtheio, Greece · 8628 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.21 km N of Geráki, Greece · 8629 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.129 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 8640 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000brm1. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:33 AM UTC.