M3.4 earthquake Dodecanese Islands, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck in the Dodecanese Islands, Greece on Fri, Nov 18, 2005, 10:32 PM GMT+2 (20:32 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 17 km SW of Mandráki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-11-18 20:32:36 UTC
- Depth
- 27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.970° N, 27.770° 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 usp000e4f4. 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
- 186°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.38 km WSW of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7619 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.214 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7614 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.612 km NE of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 7597 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.49 km W of Mandráki, Greece · 7590 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.210 km SE of Sarigerme, Turkey · 7590 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.07 km W of Mandráki, Greece · 7590 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.210 km WNW of Mandráki, Greece · 7590 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.017 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 7589 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.313 km ESE of Faliraki, Greece · 7586 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.10 km N of ?ncirliova, Turkey · 7586 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.75 km NNE of Bay?r, Turkey · 7584 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.026 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.215 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7582 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.06 km SE of Söke, Turkey · 7581 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.117 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7581 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.117 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7577 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.418 km SSW of Émponas, Greece · 7576 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.116 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7573 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.010 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7573 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.426 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7572 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.226 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7572 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.124 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7568 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.329 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7566 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.223 km ESE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7565 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.328 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7562 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 2.914 km WNW of Datça, Turkey · 7624 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.325 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7625 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.96 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 7628 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.33 km SSW of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7638 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.23 km N of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7638 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e4f4. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:06 PM UTC.