Greece earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 39 km E of Mýrina, Greece

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 39 km E of Mýrina, Greece on Mon, Dec 20, 2004, 8:12 PM GMT+2 (18:12 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 Aegean Sea. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-12-20 18:12:00 UTC
Depth
3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.870° N, 25.520° 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 usp000db3u. 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
136°
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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.6Aegean Sea · 7952 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.352 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 7951 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 3.627 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 7932 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 3.137 km SSE of Limenária, Greece · 7932 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 3.321 km SE of Samothráki, Greece · 7932 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 3.119 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7918 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 3.145 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 7906 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 3.118 km S of Samothráki, Greece · 7903 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 3.225 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7898 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 3.125 km SSE of Enez, Turkey · 7962 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.430 km NNW of Mýrina, Greece · 7965 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 3.645 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7971 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 3.2Near the coast of western Turkey · 7974 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 3.27 km N of Eresós, Greece · 7976 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000db3u. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:30 AM UTC.