M3.1 earthquake Dodecanese Islands, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck in the Dodecanese Islands, Greece on Wed, Nov 9, 2005, 6:45 AM GMT+2 (04:45 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 29 km S of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-11-09 04:45:19 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.600° N, 27.120° 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 usp000e3tp. 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
- 95°
- 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: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.111 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7632 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.77 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7631 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.236 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7631 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.422 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7631 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.536 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7624 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.223 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7622 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.025 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7621 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.045 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7620 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.547 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7613 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.615 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7613 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.040 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7612 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.48 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7603 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.377 km S of Lárdos, Greece · 7602 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.179 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7602 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.829 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7602 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.625 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7599 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.543 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7596 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.353 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7592 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.239 km N of Fry, Greece · 7589 days ago · 85 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.527 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7587 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.247 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7586 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.215 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7586 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.756 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7583 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.215 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7582 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.117 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7582 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.524 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7582 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.513 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7582 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.318 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.130 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.13 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.357 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7578 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.548 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7578 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.418 km SSW of Émponas, Greece · 7576 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.444 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7576 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.116 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7574 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 3.65 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7637 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.938 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7639 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.112 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7639 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.961 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7639 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.437 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7640 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.320 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7647 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.027 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7649 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.760 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7649 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.331 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7650 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.721 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 7653 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.453 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7658 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.229 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7658 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.330 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7661 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.924 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7661 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e3tp. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:04 PM UTC.