Greece earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 17 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 17 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece on Sun, Aug 28, 2005, 10:18 PM GMT+3 (19:18 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 15 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-08-28 19:18:09 UTC
Depth
30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.660° N, 26.490° 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 usp000dy7x. 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
91°
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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.013 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7704 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 3.218 km ESE of Kos, Greece · 7702 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 3.250 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7700 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.210 km NW of Agía Marína, Greece · 7680 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 3.012 km ESE of Kardámaina, Greece · 7675 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.420 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 7672 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 3.815 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7663 days ago · 37 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 3.27 km WNW of Mandráki, Greece · 7661 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 3.453 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7658 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.912 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7650 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away

Before

  1. 4.015 km ESE of Kos, Greece · 7715 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.321 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7721 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 3.424 km NE of Firá, Greece · 7721 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.610 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7721 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 3.320 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7722 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 3.116 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 7723 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 3.251 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7728 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 3.761 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7731 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.825 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7732 days ago · 133 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 3.519 km ESE of Kos, Greece · 7733 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dy7x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:41 PM UTC.