M3.5 earthquake 43 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 43 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece on Sun, Dec 5, 2004, 11:10 PM GMT+2 (21:10 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 101 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-12-05 21:10:52 UTC
- Depth
- 19.0 km (11.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.640° N, 25.310° 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 usp000da4q. 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
- 223°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.257 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7969 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.543 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7969 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.213 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7966 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.317 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7964 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.714 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7962 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.688 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7960 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.343 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7956 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.326 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 7955 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.116 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7955 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.721 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7950 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.711 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 7946 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.231 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7944 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.555 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7944 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.5117 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7943 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.257 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7941 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.723 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7925 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.845 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 7924 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3101 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7922 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.219 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 7911 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 3.143 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7973 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.433 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7974 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.429 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7975 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.40 km ESE of Gra Liyiá, Greece · 7976 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.151 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7976 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.011 km E of Kentrí, Greece · 7976 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.98 km E of Kentrí, Greece · 7976 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.421 km NE of Sísion, Greece · 7978 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.836 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7978 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.242 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7986 days ago · 74 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.763 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7987 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.143 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7993 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.239 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7993 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000da4q. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:50 AM UTC.