Greece earthquakes

M5.6 earthquake 6 km ESE of Arfará, Greece

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 6 km ESE of Arfará, Greece on Mon, Mar 1, 2004, 2:35 AM GMT+2 (00:35 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.6 (mwb), moderate
Local time: Mon, Mar 1, 2004, 2:35 AM GMT+2
UTC: 2004-03-01 00:35:58 UTC
Depth: 9.4 km (5.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.136° N, 22.116° E
Region: Greece
Strongest shaking: VII, very strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Deaths and damage

From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 5766), matched to this event by time and place.

Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)
Houses damaged: Few (about 1 to 50)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

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Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VII, very strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 27.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 2.6 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Normal
Nodal plane 1: Strike 154°, dip 29°, rake -117°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 4°, dip 64°, rake -76°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap: 40°
Stations used: 522

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.6 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cnsj (also filed as gcmtc030104a, gcmt20040301003558, atlas20040301003558, iscgem7301139). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:45 PM UTC.