M3.2 earthquake 26 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 26 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece on Mon, Sep 5, 2005, 9:28 PM GMT+3 (18:28 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 27 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-09-05 18:28:44 UTC
- Depth
- 26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.470° N, 25.870° 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 usp000dyub. 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
- 108°
- 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: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.632 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7692 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.440 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7692 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.327 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7690 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.044 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7684 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.822 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7678 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.535 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7677 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.437 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7677 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.462 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7677 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.313 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 7675 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.442 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7673 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.346 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7673 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.348 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7671 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.338 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7671 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.445 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7670 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.143 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7668 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.59 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7666 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.440 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7660 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.453 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7657 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.931 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7651 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.331 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7649 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.027 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7648 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.047 km N of Néa Alikarnassós, Greece · 7648 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.320 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7647 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.112 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7638 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.938 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7638 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.13 km E of Pýrgos, Greece · 7638 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 3.326 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7698 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.960 km SSE of Emporeío, Greece · 7707 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.436 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7711 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.014 km W of Fry, Greece · 7713 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.323 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7717 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.153 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7718 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.26 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7718 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.442 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7719 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.122 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7719 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.125 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 7723 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.540 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7726 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dyub. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.