Greece earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 43 km SW of Émponas, Greece

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 43 km SW of Émponas, Greece on Wed, Dec 29, 2004, 5:17 PM GMT+2 (15:17 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 36 km SSE of Fry, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-12-29 15:17:41 UTC
Depth
52.0 km (32.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.960° N, 27.500° 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 usp000dc4j. 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
151°
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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.636 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7941 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.347 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7935 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 3.213 km NW of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.33 km WSW of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 3.615 km NW of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.417 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7928 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 3.349 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7927 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 3.429 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7926 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 3.413 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 7925 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 3.456 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7919 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 3.548 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 7917 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 3.151 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7909 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 3.113 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7904 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 3.28 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7903 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 3.651 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7900 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 3.240 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7887 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 3.429 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7887 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 3.93 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 7949 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 4.648 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7949 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 3.536 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 7954 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 3.64 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7955 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 3.017 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7963 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 3.011 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7965 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 3.07 km ESE of Mandráki, Greece · 7965 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 3.541 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 7975 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dc4j. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.