M2.5 earthquake 6 km SSW of Askós, Greece
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Askós, Greece on Sun, Oct 9, 2005, 10:11 AM GMT+3 (07:11 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 6 km SSW of Askós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-10-09 07:11:01 UTC
- Depth
- 1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.700° N, 23.350° 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 usp000e1bx. 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
- 103°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.96 km SSW of Askós, Greece · 7663 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.53 km NNE of Askós, Greece · 7663 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.45 km ENE of Askós, Greece · 7663 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.44 km SSW of Askós, Greece · 7663 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.23 km N of Kokkinóchoma, Greece · 7659 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.48 km NE of Néa Apollonía, Greece · 7649 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.30 km ESE of Anatolikó, Greece · 7646 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.40 km ENE of Anatolikó, Greece · 7646 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.11 km S of Anatolikó, Greece · 7646 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.34 km SW of Sandanski, Bulgaria · 7642 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.09 km W of Néa Apollonía, Greece · 7632 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.115 km E of Korinós, Greece · 7623 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.211 km E of Korinós, Greece · 7623 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.112 km SSE of Kassándreia, Greece · 7622 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.411 km E of Korinós, Greece · 7611 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.914 km ESE of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece · 7607 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.114 km SSW of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7607 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.13 km SE of Ormýlia, Greece · 7607 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.314 km SSW of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7607 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.59 km ENE of Sárti, Greece · 7603 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 3.210 km N of Stratónion, Greece · 7664 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.71 km N of Néa Pélla, Greece · 7668 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.93 km SE of Polýgyros, Greece · 7671 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.910 km SSW of Sykiá, Greece · 7675 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.34 km WSW of Askós, Greece · 7681 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.23 km SSW of Askós, Greece · 7689 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.04 km S of Askós, Greece · 7689 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.84 km S of Kolchikón, Greece · 7689 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.03 km SSW of Askós, Greece · 7689 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.07 km W of Askós, Greece · 7689 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.13 km SSE of Néa Róda, Greece · 7692 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.82 km SE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7692 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e1bx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:32 AM UTC.