Greece earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake Crete, Greece

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck in Crete, Greece on Thu, Feb 19, 2004, 5:11 PM GMT+2 (15:11 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 6 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-02-19 15:11:12 UTC
Depth
39.0 km (24.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.240° N, 24.160° 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 usp000cmkh. 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
226°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.666 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8253 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 3.436 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 8250 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 3.611 km ESE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8247 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 3.34 km NNW of Tympáki, Greece · 8240 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 3.340 km S of Moíres, Greece · 8235 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 3.937 km S of Palaióchora, Greece · 8233 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 3.313 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 8230 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 3.040 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8230 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.941 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8230 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 3.733 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 8229 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 3.546 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 8225 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 3.248 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 8222 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 3.027 km N of Néa Alikarnassós, Greece · 8220 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 4.16 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 8214 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 3.123 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8212 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 3.029 km S of Moíres, Greece · 8211 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 3.537 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8208 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 4.032 km S of Moíres, Greece · 8204 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 3.47 km SW of Atsipópoulo, Greece · 8267 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 3.453 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 8267 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.319 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 8268 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.024 km S of Moíres, Greece · 8274 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 3.518 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 8276 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.348 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 8285 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 3.533 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 8288 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 3.713 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 8288 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cmkh. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:42 AM UTC.