Greece earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 48 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 48 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece on Sun, Dec 26, 2004, 10:05 AM GMT+2 (08:05 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 25 km NE of Datça, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-12-26 08:05:40 UTC
Depth
14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.190° N, 27.260° 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 usp000dbhr. 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
54°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.93 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 7949 days ago · 82 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7948 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 3.243 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7946 days ago · 52 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 3.224 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7942 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.347 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7935 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 3.213 km NW of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 4.127 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 3.219 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.33 km WSW of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 3.114 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.726 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 3.417 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 5.125 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  14. 3.129 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 3.514 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 3.325 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 4.124 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 3.615 km NW of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 3.125 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7933 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 3.427 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 3.723 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 2.922 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 3.118 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 3.221 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 3.027 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7933 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 3.218 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7932 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 3.626 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7932 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 3.218 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7932 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 3.316 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 7932 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 3.628 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7931 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 3.715 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7931 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 3.227 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7931 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 3.612 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7930 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 3.126 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7929 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 3.417 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7928 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 3.324 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7928 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  37. 3.217 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7928 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 3.122 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7928 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 3.349 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7927 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 3.315 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 7927 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 3.429 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7926 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 3.225 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7926 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 4.114 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 7926 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 3.019 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7925 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 3.515 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7925 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 3.413 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 7925 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 3.416 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7923 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 4.124 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7921 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 3.718 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7920 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 3.456 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7919 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 3.548 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 7917 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 3.118 km SSE of Bodrum, Turkey · 7912 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 3.319 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7910 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 3.151 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7909 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 3.123 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7908 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 3.415 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7907 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 3.574 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7905 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 3.113 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7904 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 3.28 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7903 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 3.112 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7901 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 3.536 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 7954 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 3.210 km SW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7954 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.64 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7955 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 3.113 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7961 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 3.017 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7963 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 3.011 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7965 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 3.07 km ESE of Mandráki, Greece · 7965 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.541 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 7975 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dbhr. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:32 AM UTC.