M3.6 earthquake 28 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 28 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece on Tue, May 13, 2003, 8:18 AM GMT+3 (05:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 83 km SSE of Ierápetra, 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, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-05-13 05:18:53 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.820° N, 25.370° 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 usp000bx56. 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
- 244°, 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.64 km ENE of Neápoli, Greece · 8541 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.413 km ENE of Kentrí, Greece · 8538 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.139 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8537 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.831 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8535 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.583 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8525 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.71 km SW of Anógeia, Greece · 8519 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.42 km NNE of Agía Galíni, Greece · 8519 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.287 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8516 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.764 km S of Moíres, Greece · 8507 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.325 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8498 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.318 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8498 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.1Crete, Greece · 8498 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.747 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8495 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.687 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8492 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.714 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8491 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.289 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8490 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.96 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8490 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.128 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8490 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.717 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.814 km SSW of Sitia, Greece · 8489 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.740 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8489 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.762 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 8489 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.58 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 8487 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.422 km SSE of Sitia, Greece · 8487 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 3.622 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8543 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.725 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8543 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.7101 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8544 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.43 km WNW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8545 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.08 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8546 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.90 km ENE of Sitia, Greece · 8546 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.251 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8547 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.911 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8567 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bx56. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:55 AM UTC.