M3.1 earthquake 84 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 84 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece on Sat, Oct 18, 2003, 12:41 AM GMT+3 (21:41 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 118 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-10-17 21:41:19 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.890° N, 22.110° 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 usp000cana. 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
- 248°, 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.478 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.883 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8384 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.987 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8382 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.384 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8376 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.426 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 8375 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.372 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8372 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.569 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8370 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.258 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 8360 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.992 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8358 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.330 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 8353 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.747 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 8342 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.245 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 8340 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.330 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 8337 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0118 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8328 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.348 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8327 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.5133 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8327 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 3.048 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.683 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.663 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.273 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.283 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.775 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.378 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.793 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8385 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.696 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8401 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6133 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8401 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.243 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8403 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 8406 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.8100 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8409 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.427 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8413 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cana. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.