Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 37 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 37 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece on Sun, Apr 11, 2004, 11:08 PM GMT+3 (20:08 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 28 km SW of Kastrí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-04-11 20:08:35 UTC
Depth
26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.960° N, 23.430° 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 usp000cs95. 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
244°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
14

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 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.29 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8200 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.128 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 8193 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 3.325 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 8193 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 3.316 km NNE of Kastrí, Greece · 8187 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 3.57 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8184 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 3.836 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 8178 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 3.42 km S of Kolympári, Greece · 8178 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 3.49 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8174 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 3.523 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 8172 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 3.4Crete, Greece · 8171 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.913 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 8167 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 3.514 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 8167 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 3.836 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 8167 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 3.47 km NE of Kastrí, Greece · 8166 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 3.149 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8164 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 3.250 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8163 days ago · 48 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 3.7110 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 8152 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 3.296 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 8209 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 3.456 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 8210 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 3.123 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 8212 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 3.248 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 8222 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 4.772 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 8222 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.040 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 8229 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 3.313 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 8229 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 3.937 km S of Palaióchora, Greece · 8233 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 6.174 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 8234 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 3.062 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 8235 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cs95. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.