M4.1 earthquake 66 km SE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 66 km SE of Palekastro, Greece on Mon, Jun 16, 2003, 3:22 PM GMT+3 (12:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 89 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (md), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-06-16 12:22:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.790° N, 26.790° 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
- 163°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.070 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.799 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.044 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 66 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.687 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8492 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.714 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8491 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.289 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8490 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.96 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.128 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.717 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.814 km SSW of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.740 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8489 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.58 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 8487 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.422 km SSE of Sitia, Greece · 8486 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.7123 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8483 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.55 km W of Sitia, Greece · 8479 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.82 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 8477 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.413 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8477 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.651 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8464 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.523 km ENE of Palekastro, Greece · 8450 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 3.214 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8519 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.583 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8525 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.445 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8530 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.831 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8535 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.139 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8537 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.413 km ENE of Kentrí, Greece · 8537 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c00b. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC.