M3.5 earthquake 27 km W of Methóni, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 27 km W of Methóni, Greece on Thu, Aug 28, 2003, 7:13 PM GMT+3 (16:13 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 5 km ESE of Pýlos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-08-28 16:13:32 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.800° N, 21.400° 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
- 176°
- Stations used
- 38
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
- 3.3Ionian Sea · 8434 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.65 km ESE of Pýlos, Greece · 8433 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.416 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 8424 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.56 km ENE of Arfará, Greece · 8417 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.06 km ENE of Meligalás, Greece · 8416 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.341 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 8413 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.427 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8412 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 8405 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.243 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8402 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.696 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8400 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.464 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8399 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.08 km N of Megalópoli, Greece · 8398 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.54 km ESE of Arfará, Greece · 8397 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.513 km W of Pýlos, Greece · 8396 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.640 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8396 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.760 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8393 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.214 km SW of Dimitsána, Greece · 8389 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.47 km WNW of Methóni, Greece · 8387 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.216 km SW of Zacháro, Greece · 8383 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.216 km NNW of Filiatrá, Greece · 8383 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.560 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8376 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.615 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 8375 days ago · 54 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 3.510 km S of Messíni, Greece · 8434 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.7southern Greece · 8438 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 8446 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.87 km W of Zacháro, Greece · 8448 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.426 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8455 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.33 km NW of Arfará, Greece · 8457 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.529 km W of Methóni, Greece · 8460 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.059 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 8460 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.53 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 8460 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.317 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8461 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c64s. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:04 PM UTC.