M3.0 earthquake 33 km W of Skála, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 33 km W of Skála, Greece on Wed, Oct 22, 2003, 8:44 AM GMT+3 (05:44 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 15 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-10-22 05:44:46 UTC
- Depth
- 16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.310° N, 26.160° 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 usp000cazw. 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
- 170°
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.515 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8352 days ago · 146 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.910 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8340 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.219 km ENE of Amorgós, Greece · 8329 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.612 km NNW of Kokkári, Greece · 8327 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.236 km SW of Thymianá, Greece · 8321 days ago · 56 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cazw. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.