Greece earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 41 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 41 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece on Sun, Mar 21, 2004, 2:32 PM GMT+2 (12:32 UTC), 10 km (6 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
2.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-03-21 12:32:47 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.890° N, 23.610° 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 usp000cqhy. 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
175°
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.772 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 8222 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 3.123 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8212 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.421 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 8210 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 3.456 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 8210 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.245 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 8207 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 3.245 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 8202 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 3.29 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8200 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 3.552 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 8191 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 3.57 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8184 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 3.836 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 8178 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 3.42 km S of Kolympári, Greece · 8177 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 3.49 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8174 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 3.523 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8171 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 3.4Crete, Greece · 8171 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away

Before

  1. 3.040 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8229 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 3.313 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 8229 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 3.753 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 8233 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 3.062 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 8235 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 3.611 km ESE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8247 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 3.68 km SE of Géfyra, Greece · 8249 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 3.167 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 8250 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 3.222 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 8255 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 3.448 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 8255 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 3.422 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece · 8258 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cqhy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:25 PM UTC.