Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 11 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 11 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece on Sun, Apr 17, 2005, 8:56 PM GMT+3 (17:56 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 18 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-04-17 17:56:51 UTC
Depth
28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.640° N, 26.410° 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 usp000dnkz. 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
133°
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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.124 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7836 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 3.022 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7835 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 3.17 km SE of Turgutreis, Turkey · 7833 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.518 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7825 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 3.251 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7821 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 3.159 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7817 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 3.18 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7816 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.917 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7808 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 3.016 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7808 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 3.232 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7796 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 3.358 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7786 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 3.025 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7781 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 4.08 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7839 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 3.921 km E of Mandráki, Greece · 7840 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.215 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7855 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 3.016 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7855 days ago · 37 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 3.818 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7855 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 3.016 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7855 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 3.09 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7856 days ago · 46 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 3.017 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7856 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dnkz. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:53 AM UTC.