M3.7 earthquake 25 km S of Pýrgos, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 25 km S of Pýrgos, Greece on Mon, May 12, 2003, 5:16 AM GMT+3 (02:16 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 87 km S of Néa Anatolí, 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, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-05-12 02:16:54 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.780° N, 25.170° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000bx2q. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- 272°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.622 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8544 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.628 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8543 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Neápoli, Greece · 8542 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.413 km ENE of Kentrí, Greece · 8538 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.139 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8538 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.831 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8536 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.71 km SW of Anógeia, Greece · 8520 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.42 km NNE of Agía Galíni, Greece · 8520 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.287 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8517 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.764 km S of Moíres, Greece · 8508 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.325 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8499 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.318 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8499 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.747 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8496 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.714 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8492 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.96 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8491 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.128 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8491 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.717 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8490 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.814 km SSW of Sitia, Greece · 8490 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.740 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8490 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.762 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 8490 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.422 km SSE of Sitia, Greece · 8488 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 3.7101 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8545 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.43 km WNW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8546 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.08 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8547 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.90 km ENE of Sitia, Greece · 8547 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.251 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8547 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.911 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8567 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.613 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8571 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.234 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 8573 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.621 km ESE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8574 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bx2q. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:40 AM UTC.