Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 32 km SW of Émponas, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 32 km SW of Émponas, Greece on Fri, May 20, 2005, 6:26 PM GMT+3 (15:26 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 10 km SW of Mandráki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-05-20 15:26:56 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.010° N, 27.610° 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 usp000dr7p. 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
133°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.118 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 7802 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 3.045 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7802 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.9Crete, Greece · 7801 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.08 km W of Fry, Greece · 7801 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.026 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 7801 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 3.128 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7800 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 3.532 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7798 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.351 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7798 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 3.232 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7795 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 4.012 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7793 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 3.238 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7792 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 3.35 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7788 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 3.358 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7785 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7784 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 3.025 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7779 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 3.337 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7776 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 3.638 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7776 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 3.563 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7776 days ago · 89 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 3.46 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7775 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 3.215 km E of Kos, Greece · 7774 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 3.325 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7773 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 3.0Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7773 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 3.818 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7773 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 2.836 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7773 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 3.853 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7765 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 3.424 km N of Fry, Greece · 7761 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 3.150 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 3.355 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 4.160 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 3.351 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 3.955 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  32. 3.231 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7760 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 3.37 km NNE of Fry, Greece · 7760 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 3.112 km NNE of Fry, Greece · 7759 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 3.124 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7759 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 3.1Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7759 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 4.610 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7758 days ago · 140 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 3.423 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7755 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 4.17 km N of Kremastí, Greece · 7752 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 3.230 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7748 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  41. 3.029 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7744 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 2.95 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7806 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 3.18 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7814 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 3.159 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7815 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.251 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7819 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 3.731 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7821 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.311 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7825 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.423 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7825 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 3.523 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7825 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 3.324 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7825 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 3.222 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7825 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 3.114 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7826 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 3.022 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7834 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dr7p. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC.