M3.0 earthquake 8 km W of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 8 km W of Skýros, Greece on Thu, Jan 9, 2003, 6:40 AM GMT+2 (04:40 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 34 km NW of Skýros, 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), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-01-09 04:40:40 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.900° N, 24.470° 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.
- 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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.320 km WNW of Skýros, Greece · 8665 days ago · 45 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.34 km NW of Politiká, Greece · 8661 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.16 km N of Loukísia, Greece · 8655 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.75 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 8654 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.422 km NNW of Skýros, Greece · 8651 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.112 km WNW of Politiká, Greece · 8648 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.429 km N of Kými, Greece · 8639 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.914 km NW of Skýros, Greece · 8639 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.121 km N of Skýros, Greece · 8634 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.424 km N of Skýros, Greece · 8634 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.025 km N of Skýros, Greece · 8631 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.245 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 8627 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.013 km SSE of Alivéri, Greece · 8625 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.331 km SE of Patitírion, Greece · 8623 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.141 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 8623 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.334 km NW of Skýros, Greece · 8623 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.125 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 8623 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.725 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 8617 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.339 km N of Psará, Greece · 8610 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.122 km NNW of Skýros, Greece · 8609 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
Before
- 3.544 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 8671 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.141 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 8675 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.244 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 8676 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.236 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 8676 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.333 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 8678 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.133 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 8679 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.321 km N of Skýros, Greece · 8681 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.217 km NNW of Yimnón, Greece · 8682 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bn9u. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:07 PM UTC.