Greece earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 43 km N of Sitia, Greece

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 43 km N of Sitia, Greece on Sun, Feb 15, 2004, 5:54 AM GMT+2 (03:54 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 53 km SSE of Astypálaia, 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
2004-02-15 03:54:31 UTC
Depth
31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.600° N, 26.090° 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 usp000cm7c. 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: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.016 km ESE of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece · 8258 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 3.127 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8252 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 3.23 km ENE of Kritsá, Greece · 8248 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 3.15 km W of Fry, Greece · 8244 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 3.264 km S of Astypálaia, Greece · 8242 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 3.216 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 8242 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 3.218 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 8235 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 3.436 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 8234 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 4.553 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8232 days ago · 119 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 3.021 km S of Emporeío, Greece · 8229 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 3.217 km S of Fry, Greece · 8225 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 3.750 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8224 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 3.027 km N of Néa Alikarnassós, Greece · 8219 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 3.04 km WNW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8216 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 3.421 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8210 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 3.229 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8210 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 3.235 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8210 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 3.229 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8209 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 3.519 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8208 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 3.022 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8208 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 3.327 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8208 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 3.49 km SW of Kritsá, Greece · 8208 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 3.031 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8208 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  24. 3.120 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8208 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 3.227 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8208 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 3.37 km S of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece · 8208 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 3.028 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8208 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 3.529 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8205 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 3.037 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 8204 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away

Before

  1. 3.218 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 8270 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 3.320 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8270 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 3.266 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8271 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 5.165 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8271 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.210 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 8275 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 3.25 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8291 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cm7c. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:20 AM UTC.