M3.7 earthquake 99 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 99 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Sun, Jun 29, 2003, 1:17 PM GMT+3 (10:17 UTC), 51 km (31 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
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-06-29 10:17:33 UTC
- Depth
- 50.5 km (31.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.350° N, 26.600° 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 usp000c185. 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 163°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.044 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.687 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8492 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.714 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8491 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.289 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8490 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.96 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8490 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.128 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8490 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.717 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.814 km SSW of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.740 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8489 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.58 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 8487 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.422 km SSE of Sitia, Greece · 8486 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.7123 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8483 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.651 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8464 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.681 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8440 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 4.070 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.166 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8508 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.287 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8516 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.583 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8525 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c185. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC.