M3.3 earthquake 52 km NNE of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 52 km NNE of Skýros, Greece on Sat, Dec 25, 2004, 7:06 PM GMT+2 (17:06 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 15 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-12-25 17:06:10 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.330° N, 24.820° 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 usp000dbdv. 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
- 68°
- 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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.037 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 7947 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.328 km E of Oxílithos, Greece · 7945 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.830 km SSW of Skýros, Greece · 7942 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.825 km S of Patitírion, Greece · 7926 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.632 km NW of Skýros, Greece · 7922 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.115 km W of Skýros, Greece · 7922 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.537 km N of Psará, Greece · 7921 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.437 km N of Psará, Greece · 7921 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.432 km N of Psará, Greece · 7918 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.431 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 7917 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.915 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7913 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.527 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 7911 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.730 km N of Psará, Greece · 7909 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.145 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 7906 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.225 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7898 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.428 km ENE of Patitírion, Greece · 7897 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.329 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 7897 days ago · 47 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 3.6Aegean Sea · 7952 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.339 km E of Mýrina, Greece · 7956 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.49 km NNW of Skópelos, Greece · 7962 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.430 km NNW of Mýrina, Greece · 7965 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.645 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7971 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.27 km N of Eresós, Greece · 7976 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dbdv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC.