M3.6 earthquake 5 km NE of Methóni, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 5 km NE of Methóni, Greece on Mon, Jul 7, 2003, 12:23 PM GMT+3 (09:23 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 19 km WSW of Methóni, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-07-07 09:23:49 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.860° N, 21.740° 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
- 200°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.36 km WNW of Áris, Greece · 8483 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.228 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 8480 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.626 km SW of Gýtheio, Greece · 8480 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.52 km NNE of Methóni, Greece · 8478 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.219 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 8476 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.47 km W of Pýrgos, Greece · 8471 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.411 km WSW of Pýlos, Greece · 8469 days ago · 54 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.317 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8461 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.53 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 8460 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.529 km W of Methóni, Greece · 8460 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.33 km NW of Arfará, Greece · 8457 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.24 km SSW of Karyés, Greece · 8457 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.87 km W of Zacháro, Greece · 8448 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.310 km N of Megalópoli, Greece · 8446 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.7southern Greece · 8438 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.63 km WNW of Lálas, Greece · 8437 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.510 km S of Messíni, Greece · 8434 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.527 km W of Methóni, Greece · 8434 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.3Ionian Sea · 8434 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.65 km ESE of Pýlos, Greece · 8433 days ago · 38 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.33 km ENE of Plátanos, Greece · 8428 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.15 km NW of Dimitsána, Greece · 8426 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 3.333 km SSW of Koróni, Greece · 8495 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.54 km E of Pýlos, Greece · 8500 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.215 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8502 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.25 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 8502 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.053 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8503 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.08 km NNE of Gargaliánoi, Greece · 8503 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.914 km WSW of Gargaliánoi, Greece · 8505 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.656 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8506 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.38 km SSW of Dimitsána, Greece · 8508 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.546 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8510 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c1vz. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC.