M3.0 earthquake 5 km ENE of Mantamádos, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Mantamádos, Greece on Thu, May 20, 2004, 2:05 PM GMT+3 (11:05 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 17 km SSE of Foça, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-05-20 11:05:13 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.334° N, 26.398° 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 usp000cvnw. 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
- 296°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.16 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 8167 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.09 km SW of Soma, Turkey · 8167 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.08 km SE of Mantamádos, Greece · 8165 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.617 km SSE of Foça, Turkey · 8135 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 3.022 km SE of Plomári, Greece · 8169 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.33 km ENE of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8181 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.41 km WNW of Pétra, Greece · 8198 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.34 km WSW of Behram, Turkey · 8198 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.87 km E of Behram, Turkey · 8198 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.44 km WSW of Behram, Turkey · 8198 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.36 km NNE of Míthymna, Greece · 8198 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.42 km WNW of Pétra, Greece · 8198 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.44 km NNW of Palaiókipos, Greece · 8198 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cvnw. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:37 AM UTC.