M3.1 earthquake 62 km S of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 62 km S of Palekastro, Greece on Sat, Jun 5, 2004, 4:06 AM GMT+3 (01:06 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 40 km SSE of Fry, 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
- 2004-06-05 01:06:27 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.640° N, 26.370° 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 usp000cx4r. 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
- 273°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.634 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 8152 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.466 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8152 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.19 km SW of Fry, Greece · 8151 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.514 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8150 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.425 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8150 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.040 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 8145 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.519 km SE of Arkalochóri, Greece · 8136 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.439 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 8134 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.930 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8132 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.740 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 8132 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.476 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8132 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.398 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8130 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.2Crete, Greece · 8124 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.50 km E of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8116 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.625 km S of Sitia, Greece · 8112 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.542 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8111 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.534 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8111 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.314 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 8111 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.287 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8110 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.068 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 8109 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.433 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 8107 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.6118 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 8104 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.022 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8155 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.248 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8156 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.429 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8161 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.02 km SE of Kentrí, Greece · 8166 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.821 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8166 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.541 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8166 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.32 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 8169 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cx4r. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC.