Greece earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake Crete, Greece

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck in Crete, Greece on Mon, Feb 7, 2005, 5:58 AM GMT+2 (03:58 UTC), 4 km (2 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
3.4 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-02-07 03:58:20 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.900° N, 26.600° 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 usp000dfn9. 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
242°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.586 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7905 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 3.642 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7895 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 3.333 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7888 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 3.429 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7887 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 3.552 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7878 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 3.229 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7875 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 3.28 km NE of Fry, Greece · 7871 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.910 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7871 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 4.011 km E of Fry, Greece · 7869 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 3.543 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7867 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 3.534 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7867 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 4.026 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7864 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.022 km NNW of Sitia, Greece · 7864 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 3.336 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7864 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 3.415 km NW of Sitia, Greece · 7864 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 3.322 km NW of Sitia, Greece · 7864 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 3.223 km NNW of Sitia, Greece · 7864 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 3.129 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7864 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 3.532 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7864 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 3.137 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7864 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 3.436 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7864 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 3.529 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7864 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 3.139 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7864 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 3.130 km NNW of Sitia, Greece · 7864 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 3.528 km NNW of Sitia, Greece · 7864 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 3.420 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7864 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 3.111 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7864 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 3.331 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7864 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 3.129 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7864 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.939 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7864 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 3.331 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7863 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 3.42 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7862 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 3.417 km WNW of Sitia, Greece · 7861 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 3.730 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7861 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 3.17 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7860 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  36. 3.029 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7860 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 2.951 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7860 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 3.023 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 7857 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 3.38 km NE of Fry, Greece · 7855 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 3.56 km ENE of Fry, Greece · 7854 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 4.129 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7854 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 3.48 km E of Fry, Greece · 7849 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 3.151 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7910 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.3101 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7922 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 3.246 km S of Fry, Greece · 7926 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 3.429 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7927 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 3.5Crete, Greece · 7927 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 3.743 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 7930 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.046 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 7930 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.829 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7930 days ago · 55 km deep · 23 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dfn9. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:12 PM UTC.