Greece earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 18 km SW of Epitálio, Greece

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 18 km SW of Epitálio, Greece on Tue, Oct 18, 2005, 10:02 PM GMT+3 (19:02 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 11 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-10-18 19:02:06 UTC
Depth
22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.500° N, 21.360° 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 usp000e261. 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
193°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.47 km SE of Kréstena, Greece · 7656 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 2.914 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7656 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 3.862 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 7656 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 3.715 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7656 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 3.77 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7656 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 3.411 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7655 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 3.711 km SW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7655 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 3.4southern Greece · 7655 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 3.516 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7654 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 4.411 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7653 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 3.414 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7653 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 3.613 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7652 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 3.613 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7652 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 3.524 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7652 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 3.214 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7650 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 3.58 km ESE of Paralía Vérgas, Greece · 7650 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.910 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7650 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 3.13 km E of Aktaío, Greece · 7650 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 4.18 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7650 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 3.616 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7650 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 3.713 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7649 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 3.47 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7649 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 3.36 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7649 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 3.08 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7648 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 3.09 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7648 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 3.68 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7648 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 3.25 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7648 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 3.51 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 7647 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 3.44 km NE of Áno Kastrítsi, Greece · 7647 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 3.640 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 7647 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 3.64 km NNW of Methóni, Greece · 7646 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 3.711 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7646 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 3.63 km SSE of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7645 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 3.36 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7645 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 3.914 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7644 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 3.311 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7642 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 2.99 km NNE of Káto Acha?a, Greece · 7642 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 3.14 km SE of Epitálio, Greece · 7642 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 3.717 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7642 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  40. 2.946 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7641 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 3.318 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7641 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 4.313 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7640 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 3.955 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7640 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 3.40 km WNW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7639 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  45. 3.112 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7635 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 3.754 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7633 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 3.754 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7632 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 3.27 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7631 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 3.214 km N of Kyllíni, Greece · 7630 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 3.211 km S of Megalópoli, Greece · 7629 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 3.712 km SSE of Kalávryta, Greece · 7628 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 3.13 km E of Ovriá, Greece · 7625 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 3.56 km SSW of Chóra, Greece · 7623 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 3.445 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 7622 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 3.417 km SW of Gargaliánoi, Greece · 7620 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 3.43 km SSW of Megalópoli, Greece · 7619 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 3.211 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7618 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 3.317 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7617 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 3.13 km NW of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 7615 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 3.118 km WSW of Karyés, Greece · 7614 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 4.815 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7656 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 3.211 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7656 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 3.617 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7656 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 3.511 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7656 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 3.314 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7656 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 3.717 km SE of Zakynthos, Greece · 7656 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 3.711 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7656 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.310 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7656 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 5.026 km SW of Kardamás, Greece · 7656 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 5.713 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7656 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 25
  11. 3.23 km W of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 7657 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 3.14 km WSW of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 7657 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 3.11 km SW of Antirrio, Greece · 7657 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 3.212 km SSE of Kalávryta, Greece · 7659 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 3.13 km NW of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 7659 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 3.654 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7659 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 3.01 km ESE of Aktaío, Greece · 7660 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.02 km SE of Río, Greece · 7661 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 3.32 km S of Antirrio, Greece · 7661 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.92 km NE of Aktaío, Greece · 7662 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e261. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC.