M3.3 earthquake 13 km ESE of Faliraki, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 13 km ESE of Faliraki, Greece on Sun, Dec 25, 2005, 8:23 AM GMT+2 (06:23 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 10 km N of Marmaris, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-12-25 06:23:22 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.280° N, 28.328° 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 usp000e6u7. 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
- 134°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.026 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.756 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7582 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.023 km SSE of Sarigerme, Turkey · 7581 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.222 km SSE of Sarigerme, Turkey · 7581 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.350 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7580 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.117 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7577 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.418 km SSW of Émponas, Greece · 7575 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.426 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7572 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.226 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7572 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.124 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7568 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.329 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7565 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.223 km ESE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7565 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.410 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7559 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.29 km N of Marmaris, Turkey · 7559 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.456 km WSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7557 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.12 km W of Göcek, Turkey · 7557 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Bodrum, Turkey · 7555 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.221 km SSE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7549 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.423 km ESE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7545 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.083 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7539 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7532 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.35 km WNW of Ortaca, Turkey · 7526 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e6u7. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC.