M3.7 earthquake 40 km S of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 40 km S of Palekastro, Greece on Sat, Jul 5, 2003, 1:53 PM GMT+3 (10:53 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 0 km NNW of Limín Khersonísou, 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), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-07-05 10:53:04 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.840° N, 26.190° 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
- 242°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
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 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.58 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 8487 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.422 km SSE of Sitia, Greece · 8486 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.7123 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8483 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.55 km W of Sitia, Greece · 8479 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.338 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8470 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.651 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8464 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.766 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8463 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.350 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 8457 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.523 km ENE of Palekastro, Greece · 8450 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.681 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8439 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.414 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8437 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.02 km SW of Mokhós, Greece · 8437 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.333 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8431 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.231 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8431 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.80 km NNW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8430 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.33 km WSW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8430 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.36 km NNE of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8429 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.43 km NW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 8429 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 3.814 km SSW of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.717 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.128 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.96 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.289 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8490 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.714 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8491 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.687 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8492 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.044 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 66 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.799 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.070 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 8495 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.1Crete, Greece · 8498 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.318 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8498 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.325 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8498 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.166 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8508 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.287 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8515 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c1qe. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:44 AM UTC.