M3.3 earthquake 37 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 37 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece on Fri, Aug 15, 2003, 1:50 PM GMT+3 (10:50 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 16 km SSE of Kolympári, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-08-15 10:50:29 UTC
- Depth
- 30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.840° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 182°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.125 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8447 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.231 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8445 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.024 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 8442 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.231 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8442 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.616 km SSE of Kolympári, Greece · 8428 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.336 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 8420 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.145 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8408 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.220 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 8402 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c4yt. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:20 PM UTC.