Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake Crete, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck in Crete, Greece on Tue, Jan 18, 2005, 12:53 AM GMT+2 (22:53 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 86 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-01-17 22:53:32 UTC
Depth
11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.200° N, 26.720° 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 usp000ddmn. 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
201°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.429 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7927 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 3.246 km S of Fry, Greece · 7926 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 3.219 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 7910 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.151 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7910 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 3.4Crete, Greece · 7906 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 3.574 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7905 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.586 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7905 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 3.651 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7900 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 3.642 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7895 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 3.333 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7888 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 3.429 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7887 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 2.962 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7880 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 3.552 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7878 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 3.229 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7875 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 3.329 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7873 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 3.28 km NE of Fry, Greece · 7871 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 2.910 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7871 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 4.011 km E of Fry, Greece · 7869 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 3.323 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7867 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 3.743 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 7930 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.046 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 7930 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.829 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7930 days ago · 55 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 3.636 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7941 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 3.534 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7941 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.445 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 7954 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 3.536 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 7954 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 3.64 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7956 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ddmn. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:12 PM UTC.