M3.1 earthquake 28 km NW of Míthymna, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 28 km NW of Míthymna, Greece on Mon, Nov 1, 2004, 9:20 AM GMT+2 (07:20 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 45 km WNW of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-11-01 07:20:30 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.570° N, 25.970° 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 usp000d7ev. 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
- 156°
- 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.025 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 8006 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.230 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 8006 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.06 km ESE of Gömeç, Turkey · 7992 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.229 km N of Psará, Greece · 7992 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.237 km NNW of Eresós, Greece · 7991 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.030 km NNW of Eceabat, Turkey · 7989 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.033 km S of Eresós, Greece · 7977 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.27 km N of Eresós, Greece · 7976 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.2Near the coast of western Turkey · 7974 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.645 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7971 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.339 km E of Mýrina, Greece · 7956 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 4.014 km SSE of Loutrá, Greece · 8009 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.719 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 8011 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.823 km NNW of Oinoússes, Greece · 8016 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.327 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 8017 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.640 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 8036 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000d7ev. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC.