Greece earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 13 km N of Kolympári, Greece

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 13 km N of Kolympári, Greece on Sun, Mar 21, 2004, 10:15 AM GMT+2 (08:15 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 72 km S of Kýthira, 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
2004-03-21 08:15:02 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.660° N, 23.780° 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 usp000cqhg. 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
190°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

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 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.040 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8231 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.941 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8231 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.772 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 8224 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.123 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8214 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.421 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 8212 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 3.456 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 8212 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 3.537 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8210 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 4.245 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 8209 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 3.245 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 8204 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 3.29 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8202 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 3.552 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 8193 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 3.316 km NNE of Kastrí, Greece · 8189 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 3.57 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8186 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 3.836 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 8180 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 3.42 km S of Kolympári, Greece · 8179 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 3.49 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8176 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 3.523 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8174 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 3.4Crete, Greece · 8173 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 3.937 km S of Palaióchora, Greece · 8234 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 3.062 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 8237 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 3.611 km ESE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8249 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.448 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 8257 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cqhg. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC.