Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 26 km NW of Émponas, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 26 km NW of Émponas, Greece on Tue, May 24, 2005, 1:31 AM GMT+3 (22:31 UTC), 30 km (19 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
2005-05-23 22:31:14 UTC
Depth
30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.380° N, 27.630° 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 usp000drf9. 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
137°
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: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.232 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7795 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.012 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7794 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.238 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7793 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 3.35 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7788 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 3.358 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7785 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7785 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 3.025 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7780 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.223 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7779 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 3.337 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7777 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 3.638 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7777 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.46 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7775 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 3.215 km E of Kos, Greece · 7775 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 3.620 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7774 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 3.325 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7774 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 3.0Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7774 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 3.818 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7774 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.836 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7773 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 3.150 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7761 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 3.355 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7761 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 4.160 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7761 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 3.351 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7761 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 3.955 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7761 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 3.1Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7760 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 4.610 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7759 days ago · 140 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 4.17 km N of Kremastí, Greece · 7753 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 3.230 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7748 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 3.029 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7745 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 2.8Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7744 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 3.045 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7802 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 3.118 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 7803 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 3.521 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7803 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 3.032 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7805 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.95 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7806 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.021 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7807 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 3.18 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7815 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 3.159 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7816 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 3.251 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7820 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 3.010 km SW of Ula, Turkey · 7820 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 3.316 km SSW of Sarigerme, Turkey · 7829 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000drf9. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC.