M3.3 earthquake 36 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 36 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece on Thu, Sep 11, 2003, 8:54 PM GMT+3 (17:54 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 21 km SSE of Géfyra, 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, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-09-11 17:54:08 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.980° N, 23.340° 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 usp000c79d. 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
- 192°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.220 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 8403 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.712 km E of Palaióchora, Greece · 8388 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.321 km SSE of Géfyra, Greece · 8386 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.663 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.048 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.426 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 8376 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.569 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8370 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.360 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 8363 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 3.616 km SSE of Kolympári, Greece · 8429 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.231 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8443 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.024 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 8443 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.231 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8446 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.125 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8448 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.337 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 8448 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c79d. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:44 AM UTC.