M3.3 earthquake 2 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece on Fri, May 21, 2004, 8:29 PM GMT+3 (17:29 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 23 km S of Moíres, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-05-21 17:29:42 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.990° N, 25.750° 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 usp000cvtc. 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
- 138°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.541 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8164 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.440 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8164 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.821 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8164 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.02 km SE of Kentrí, Greece · 8164 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.429 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8159 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.248 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8155 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.242 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8154 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.162 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8153 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.223 km S of Moíres, Greece · 8151 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.634 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 8150 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.466 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8150 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.751 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 8138 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.519 km SE of Arkalochóri, Greece · 8135 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.439 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 8132 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.587 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8130 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.476 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8130 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.130 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 8127 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.2Crete, Greece · 8122 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.22 km NNW of Moíres, Greece · 8122 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.50 km E of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8115 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.625 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8111 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.542 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8110 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.314 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 8109 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.287 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8109 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.678 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8109 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.068 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8107 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 3.440 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8170 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.586 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 8174 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.255 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8185 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.0101 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8186 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.6101 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8190 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.273 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8193 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.231 km ESE of Kentrí, Greece · 8194 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.583 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 8196 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cvtc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:38 AM UTC.