M3.4 earthquake 52 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 52 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece on Wed, Jul 16, 2003, 8:54 PM GMT+3 (17:54 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 63 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-07-16 17:54:17 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.100° N, 23.130° 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
- 270°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.663 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 8477 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.337 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 8448 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.125 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8447 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.231 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8445 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.024 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 8442 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.231 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8442 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.616 km SSE of Kolympári, Greece · 8429 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.336 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 8420 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c2nv. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:51 PM UTC.