M3.8 earthquake 40 km SE of Lárdos, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 40 km SE of Lárdos, Greece on Wed, Dec 10, 2003, 4:14 PM GMT+2 (14:14 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 21 km SSW of Émponas, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-12-10 14:14:58 UTC
- Depth
- 42.0 km (26.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.830° N, 28.320° 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 usp000ceyv. 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
- 146°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.221 km SSW of Émponas, Greece · 8307 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.018 km W of Émponas, Greece · 8304 days ago · 94 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.053 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8291 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.253 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8291 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.337 km W of Émponas, Greece · 8285 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.751 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8281 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.310 km WSW of Kremastí, Greece · 8276 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ceyv. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:29 AM UTC.