Greece earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake Crete, Greece

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck in Crete, Greece on Sun, May 29, 2005, 9:17 AM GMT+3 (06:17 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 16 km SSW of Chóra Sfakíon, 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
2005-05-29 06:17:42 UTC
Depth
31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.870° N, 24.780° 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 usp000drss. 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
178°
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: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.433 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7796 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 3.166 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7795 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 3.47 km NNW of Violí Charáki, Greece · 7794 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.44 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 7793 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 3.27 km SE of Kastélli, Greece · 7791 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.852 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7791 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 3.235 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7791 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 3.125 km ESE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7791 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 3.813 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7791 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 3.427 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7786 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 3.310 km NNE of Kastrí, Greece · 7786 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 3.512 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 7786 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 3.324 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7784 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 3.543 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7783 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 3.129 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7780 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 4.616 km SSW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7780 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 3.115 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7780 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 3.011 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7780 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 3.749 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 7780 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 3.5100 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7778 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 3.43 km SE of Agía Varvára, Greece · 7775 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 3.26 km E of Moíres, Greece · 7775 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 3.09 km ESE of Moíres, Greece · 7775 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 3.37 km S of Gérgeri, Greece · 7774 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 3.021 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7773 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 3.55 km SW of Neápoli, Greece · 7771 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 3.1Crete, Greece · 7767 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 3.425 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7766 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  29. 3.645 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 7765 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 3.530 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7764 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 3.242 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7760 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 3.418 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7760 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.730 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 7759 days ago · 46 km deep · 10 km away
  34. 3.28 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7759 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 3.229 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7758 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 3.420 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 7756 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 3.353 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7756 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 3.353 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7752 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 3.646 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7751 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 3.725 km NW of Kastrí, Greece · 7749 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 3.318 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7748 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 3.37 km NNW of Káto Goúves, Greece · 7746 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 3.422 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7745 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 3.228 km NW of Kastrí, Greece · 7744 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 3.617 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7743 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 3.174 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7742 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 3.211 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7741 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 4.69 km S of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7741 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away

Before

  1. 3.378 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7799 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 3.637 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7800 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 3.328 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7801 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 3.280 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7807 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 3.14 km S of Agía Varvára, Greece · 7809 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.333 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7811 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 3.691 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7813 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.323 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7813 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 3.446 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7813 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 3.530 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7815 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 3.73 km SSW of Asímion, Greece · 7820 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 3.923 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7821 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 3.47 km NNW of Kentrí, Greece · 7821 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.47 km SSW of Asímion, Greece · 7821 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 4.183 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7822 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 3.884 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7822 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 4.124 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7823 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 4.11 km WNW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7823 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 3.613 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7825 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 3.128 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7826 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000drss. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:46 AM UTC.