Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 95 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 95 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece on Sat, Aug 16, 2003, 6:28 PM GMT+3 (15:28 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 Crete, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (Md, duration), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-08-16 15:28:56 UTC
Depth
17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.170° N, 25.410° 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 usp000c53p. 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
175°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.681 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8441 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 3.333 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8433 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 3.231 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8433 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.6Crete, Greece · 8428 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.6103 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 8426 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.075 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8426 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 3.621 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8415 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 3.743 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 8406 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 3.861 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 8394 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 3.5111 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8460 days ago · 57 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.068 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8462 days ago · 93 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 3.766 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8465 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 3.651 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8465 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c53p. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC.