M3.1 earthquake 18 km N of Psará, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 18 km N of Psará, Greece on Wed, Dec 24, 2003, 11:02 PM GMT+2 (21:02 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 16 km ESE of Alaçatı, 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 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-12-24 21:02:56 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.710° N, 25.580° 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
- 161°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.220 km WSW of Çandarl?, Turkey · 8309 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.47 km ENE of Karaburun, Turkey · 8307 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.94 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 8307 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Plomári, Greece · 8307 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.16 km NE of Karaburun, Turkey · 8307 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.616 km ESE of Alaçatı, Turkey · 8306 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.219 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 8265 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.120 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 8260 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 3.226 km N of Psará, Greece · 8316 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.325 km N of Psará, Greece · 8316 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.236 km SW of Thymianá, Greece · 8321 days ago · 56 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.113 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 8335 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.214 km ENE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 8342 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cfyw. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC.