M2.9 earthquake 31 km NNW of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 31 km NNW of Skýros, Greece on Thu, Sep 25, 2003, 2:42 AM GMT+3 (23:42 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 1 km NE of Psachná, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-09-24 23:42:23 UTC
- Depth
- 38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.170° N, 24.450° 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
- 120°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.513 km ENE of Argalastí, Greece · 8407 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.814 km NE of Kými, Greece · 8406 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.11 km NE of Psachná, Greece · 8405 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.45 km NNW of Psachná, Greece · 8404 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.32 km WNW of Skópelos, Greece · 8403 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.025 km SE of Patitírion, Greece · 8403 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.337 km ENE of Zagorá, Greece · 8400 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.314 km NNE of Psachná, Greece · 8400 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.031 km E of Zagorá, Greece · 8399 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.530 km ESE of Patitírion, Greece · 8397 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.815 km N of Psachná, Greece · 8396 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.016 km N of Skópelos, Greece · 8395 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.017 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 8394 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.729 km NW of Kými, Greece · 8378 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.3Aegean Sea · 8376 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.82 km S of Prokópi, Greece · 8376 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.73 km NE of Politiká, Greece · 8375 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.04 km NNE of Psachná, Greece · 8373 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.355 km SSW of Mýrina, Greece · 8365 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.237 km E of Zagorá, Greece · 8361 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.539 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 8355 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.2Aegean Sea · 8353 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.225 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 8352 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.428 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 8352 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.445 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 8348 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 2.628 km ESE of Patitírion, Greece · 8407 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.918 km E of Istiaía, Greece · 8409 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.416 km NNW of Mantoúdi, Greece · 8410 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.25 km NE of Skiáthos, Greece · 8411 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.528 km WNW of Skýros, Greece · 8417 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.926 km NNW of Skýros, Greece · 8417 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.524 km ESE of Patitírion, Greece · 8420 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.220 km E of Mantoúdi, Greece · 8435 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c8hp. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC.