M3.6 earthquake 22 km S of Pýrgos, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 22 km S of Pýrgos, Greece on Mon, May 12, 2003, 9:30 AM GMT+3 (06:30 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 3.6 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-05-12 06:30:40 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.800° N, 25.140° 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
- 269°, 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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.628 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8542 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Neápoli, Greece · 8541 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.413 km ENE of Kentrí, Greece · 8537 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.139 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8537 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.831 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8535 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.71 km SW of Anógeia, Greece · 8519 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.42 km NNE of Agía Galíni, Greece · 8519 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.287 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8515 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.764 km S of Moíres, Greece · 8507 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.325 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8498 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.318 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8498 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.747 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8495 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.714 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8491 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.96 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.128 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.717 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.814 km SSW of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.740 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8489 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.762 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 8488 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.422 km SSE of Sitia, Greece · 8486 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 3.725 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8543 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.7101 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8544 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.43 km WNW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8545 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.08 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8546 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.90 km ENE of Sitia, Greece · 8546 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.251 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8546 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.911 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8566 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.613 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8570 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.234 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 8572 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bx33. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:36 AM UTC.