M3.1 earthquake 5 km E of Arfará, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 5 km E of Arfará, Greece on Mon, Oct 3, 2005, 11:56 PM GMT+3 (20:56 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 26 km SW of Kardamás, 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
- 2005-10-03 20:56:54 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.150° N, 22.110° 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 usp000e0ub. 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
- 142°
- 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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.211 km SE of Methóni, Greece · 7667 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.39 km E of Lálas, Greece · 7664 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.25 km ESE of Lálas, Greece · 7664 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.64 km N of Lálas, Greece · 7663 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.212 km SSE of Kalávryta, Greece · 7656 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.026 km SW of Kardamás, Greece · 7654 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.918 km SW of Epitálio, Greece · 7654 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.47 km SE of Kréstena, Greece · 7653 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.35 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 7653 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.214 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7648 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.58 km ESE of Paralía Vérgas, Greece · 7648 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.51 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 7644 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.64 km NNW of Methóni, Greece · 7643 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.14 km SE of Epitálio, Greece · 7639 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.742 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7639 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.946 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7638 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.046 km S of Gýtheio, Greece · 7635 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.211 km S of Megalópoli, Greece · 7627 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.712 km SSE of Kalávryta, Greece · 7625 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.56 km SSW of Chóra, Greece · 7620 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.417 km SW of Gargaliánoi, Greece · 7617 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Megalópoli, Greece · 7616 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.211 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7615 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.118 km WSW of Karyés, Greece · 7611 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.016 km E of Leonídio, Greece · 7609 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 3.23 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7671 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.237 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7675 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.410 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7676 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.511 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7677 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.85 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7683 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.528 km NW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7684 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.628 km NW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7684 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.43 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 7689 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.50 km S of Kréstena, Greece · 7691 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e0ub. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:08 AM UTC.