M3.1 earthquake 3 km W of Plomári, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 3 km W of Plomári, Greece on Mon, Mar 3, 2003, 12:02 AM GMT+2 (22:02 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 10 km ENE of Seferihisar, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-03-02 22:02:38 UTC
- Depth
- 21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.970° N, 26.330° 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
- 172°
- 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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.339 km N of Psará, Greece · 8611 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.519 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 8603 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.44 km E of Behram, Turkey · 8603 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.2Aegean Sea · 8596 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.516 km NNW of Urla, Turkey · 8587 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.810 km ENE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.82 km SSE of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.84 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.710 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8575 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.321 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8574 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.711 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8574 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.614 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8574 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.219 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8574 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.66 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8573 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.711 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8573 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.311 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 8564 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.620 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 8555 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.418 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 8554 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bru7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC.