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
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.