M3.0 earthquake 6 km ENE of Meligalás, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Meligalás, Greece on Mon, Sep 15, 2003, 8:19 PM GMT+3 (17:19 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 15 km S of Chalandrítsa, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-09-15 17:19:48 UTC
- Depth
- 40.0 km (24.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.230° N, 22.040° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- 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: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.341 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 8413 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.427 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8413 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.31 km NW of Gastoúni, Greece · 8406 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 8405 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.243 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8402 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.315 km S of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8401 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.616 km S of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8401 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.27 km N of Goúmero, Greece · 8401 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.218 km S of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8401 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.317 km NE of Goúmero, Greece · 8400 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.08 km N of Megalópoli, Greece · 8398 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.54 km ESE of Arfará, Greece · 8397 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.513 km W of Pýlos, Greece · 8397 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.640 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8396 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.214 km SW of Dimitsána, Greece · 8389 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.211 km NNE of Goúmero, Greece · 8388 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.47 km WNW of Methóni, Greece · 8387 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.216 km SW of Zacháro, Greece · 8383 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.216 km NNW of Filiatrá, Greece · 8383 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.98 km N of Kalávryta, Greece · 8381 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.16 km NNE of Kalávryta, Greece · 8381 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.615 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 8376 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.314 km SSE of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8371 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.412 km NW of Kalávryta, Greece · 8371 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.620 km SW of Kardamás, Greece · 8371 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.55 km N of Kyparissía, Greece · 8360 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.1southern Greece · 8358 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.52 km S of Megalópoli, Greece · 8357 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 3.56 km ENE of Arfará, Greece · 8418 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.416 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 8425 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.15 km NW of Dimitsána, Greece · 8427 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.33 km ENE of Plátanos, Greece · 8428 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.412 km SSE of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 8429 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.65 km ESE of Pýlos, Greece · 8434 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.527 km W of Methóni, Greece · 8434 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.510 km S of Messíni, Greece · 8435 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.07 km SW of Kardamás, Greece · 8436 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.63 km WNW of Lálas, Greece · 8437 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c7mu. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:01 PM UTC.