Greece earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 83 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 83 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece on Fri, Oct 17, 2003, 7:25 PM GMT+3 (16:25 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 118 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-10-17 16:25:55 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.860° N, 22.130° 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 usp000camq. 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
211°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
14

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.048 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 3.184 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 3.478 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 3.883 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.987 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8383 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 3.384 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8376 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 3.426 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 8376 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 3.372 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8373 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 3.569 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8370 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 3.258 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 8360 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 3.992 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8359 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 3.330 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 8354 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 3.747 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 8342 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.245 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 8341 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 3.330 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 8338 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 4.0118 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8329 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 3.348 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8328 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 3.5133 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8327 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 3.663 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8386 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 3.273 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8386 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 3.283 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8386 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 3.775 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8386 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 5.378 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8386 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 3.793 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8386 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 3.696 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8402 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 4.6133 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8402 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 3.243 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8403 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 3.416 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 8407 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 3.8100 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8410 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 3.427 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8414 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000camq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:44 AM UTC.