M4.3 earthquake 42 km SE of Lárdos, Greece
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 42 km SE of Lárdos, Greece on Mon, Feb 24, 2003, 2:19 AM GMT+2 (00:19 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 60 km SE of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-02-24 00:19:33 UTC
- Depth
- 79.3 km (49.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 35.831° N, 28.357° 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
- 172
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.532 km W of Émponas, Greece · 8614 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.942 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 8591 days ago · 67 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.328 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 8587 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.537 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8580 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.660 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8565 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.646 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8561 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000brbg. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:14 PM UTC.