Greece earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 17 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 17 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece on Wed, May 18, 2005, 5:05 AM GMT+3 (02:05 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 10 km SW of Mandráki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-05-18 02:05:07 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.680° N, 26.470° 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 usp000dr2t. 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
144°
Stations used
4

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.016 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7806 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 3.232 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7794 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 3.358 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7785 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.025 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7779 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 3.563 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7776 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.215 km E of Kos, Greece · 7774 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 3.325 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7773 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 3.0Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7773 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 3.818 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7773 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.836 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7773 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 3.414 km SW of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 7769 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 3.624 km NE of Firá, Greece · 7763 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 3.124 km SSW of Amorgós, Greece · 7762 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 3.150 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.355 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 4.160 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 3.351 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 3.955 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 4.610 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7758 days ago · 140 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 3.18 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7814 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 3.159 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7815 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 3.251 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7819 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.518 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7823 days ago · 32 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.17 km SE of Turgutreis, Turkey · 7831 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.022 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7833 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 3.124 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7834 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dr2t. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:48 AM UTC.