M2.8 earthquake 1 km NNW of Ágios Athanásios, Greece
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 1 km NNW of Ágios Athanásios, Greece on Mon, May 16, 2005, 5:10 AM GMT+3 (02:10 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 3 km SSE of Xinó Neró, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-05-16 02:10:24 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.730° N, 22.720° 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 usp000dqxg. 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
- 109°
- Stations used
- 6
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
- 3.17 km NE of Néa Fókaia, Greece · 7806 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.13 km NNW of Sfendámi, Greece · 7806 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.21 km WSW of Lianovérgi, Greece · 7803 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.91 km SSE of Arnaía, Greece · 7778 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.04 km S of Komniná, Greece · 7759 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.43 km SSE of Xinó Neró, Greece · 7758 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.26 km N of Koíla, Greece · 7753 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.215 km NE of Charopó, Greece · 7752 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.219 km ENE of Charopó, Greece · 7752 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 2.95 km SSE of Kalochóri, Greece · 7824 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.13 km NNW of Drymós, Greece · 7828 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.42 km S of Murtino, North Macedonia · 7831 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.41 km SW of Néa Sánta, Greece · 7834 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.12 km WSW of Néa Sánta, Greece · 7835 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dqxg. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:33 AM UTC.