M3.6 earthquake 5 km ESE of Pýlos, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 5 km ESE of Pýlos, Greece on Fri, Aug 29, 2003, 5:33 AM GMT+3 (02:33 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 75 km W of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-08-29 02:33:01 UTC
- Depth
- 38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.900° N, 21.760° 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
- 204°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.33 km ENE of Plátanos, Greece · 8428 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.15 km NW of Dimitsána, Greece · 8427 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.416 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 8425 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.56 km ENE of Arfará, Greece · 8417 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.06 km ENE of Meligalás, Greece · 8416 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.341 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 8413 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.427 km S of Methóni, Greece · 8413 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 8405 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.243 km S of Koróni, Greece · 8402 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.08 km N of Megalópoli, Greece · 8398 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.54 km ESE of Arfará, Greece · 8397 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.513 km W of Pýlos, Greece · 8397 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.640 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8396 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.760 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8394 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.214 km SW of Dimitsána, Greece · 8389 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.47 km WNW of Methóni, Greece · 8387 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.775 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 8384 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.216 km SW of Zacháro, Greece · 8383 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.216 km NNW of Filiatrá, Greece · 8383 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.615 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 8376 days ago · 54 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 3.3Ionian Sea · 8434 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.527 km W of Methóni, Greece · 8434 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.510 km S of Messíni, Greece · 8435 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.63 km WNW of Lálas, Greece · 8437 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.7southern Greece · 8438 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.310 km N of Megalópoli, Greece · 8446 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.87 km W of Zacháro, Greece · 8448 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.24 km SSW of Karyés, Greece · 8457 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.33 km NW of Arfará, Greece · 8457 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.529 km W of Methóni, Greece · 8461 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.53 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 8461 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.317 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 8461 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c65u. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:14 PM UTC.