M3.8 earthquake 24 km NW of Míthymna, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 24 km NW of Míthymna, Greece on Mon, Jun 16, 2003, 8:14 AM GMT+3 (05:14 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 17 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey. 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 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-06-16 05:14:59 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.520° N, 25.970° 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 usp000bzzp. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.326 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8508 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.527 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8508 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.428 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8508 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.918 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 8499 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.734 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 8496 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.640 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8491 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.528 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8488 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.727 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey · 8488 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.922 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8488 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.726 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey · 8488 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.117 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8487 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.219 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8487 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.413 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8487 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.721 km NW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8487 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.623 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8487 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.516 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8487 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.421 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8487 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.225 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8487 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.621 km SE of Samothráki, Greece · 8487 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.623 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8487 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.427 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8487 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.118 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8487 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.623 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8486 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.220 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8486 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.628 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey · 8486 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.029 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8486 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.523 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8485 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.023 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8484 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.921 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8484 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.817 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8484 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.118 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8484 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.339 km S of Kamariótissa, Greece · 8484 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.616 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8484 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.420 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8483 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.819 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8483 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.928 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8482 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.836 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 8482 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.025 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8481 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.921 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8481 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.638 km NE of Mýrina, Greece · 8478 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.132 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 8477 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.626 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8476 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.421 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 8472 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.442 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8468 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.513 km SSE of Eresós, Greece · 8467 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.121 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8457 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.013 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 8457 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 3.535 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 8510 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.145 km S of Mýrina, Greece · 8511 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.729 km NNE of Mýrina, Greece · 8512 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.731 km NNE of Mýrina, Greece · 8512 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.023 km N of Mýrina, Greece · 8513 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.721 km SE of Samothráki, Greece · 8513 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.918 km WNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8514 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.017 km NW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 8515 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.71 km SW of Behram, Turkey · 8518 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.148 km S of Mýrina, Greece · 8518 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.335 km N of Psará, Greece · 8534 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.523 km SSE of Samothráki, Greece · 8538 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
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