M4.0 earthquake 44 km SE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 44 km SE of Palekastro, Greece on Sun, Jun 29, 2003, 2:08 PM GMT+3 (11:08 UTC), 66 km (41 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
- 4.0 (md), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-06-29 11:08:55 UTC
- Depth
- 65.9 km (40.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.879° N, 26.549° 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
- 207°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.687 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8492 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.714 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8491 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.289 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8490 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.96 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.128 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.717 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.814 km SSW of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.740 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8489 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.58 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 8487 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.422 km SSE of Sitia, Greece · 8486 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.7123 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8483 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.55 km W of Sitia, Greece · 8479 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.82 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 8477 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.413 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8477 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.651 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8464 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.350 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 8457 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.523 km ENE of Palekastro, Greece · 8450 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.414 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8437 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 3.799 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.070 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.1Crete, Greece · 8497 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.318 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8498 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.325 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8498 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.166 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8507 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.214 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8519 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c18a. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC.