M3.5 earthquake 15 km SW of Flórina, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 15 km SW of Flórina, Greece on Sun, Dec 25, 2005, 10:24 AM GMT+2 (08:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km E of Argos Orestiko, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-12-25 08:24:20 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.683° N, 21.274° 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 usp000e6uc. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.612 km NE of Metsovo, Greece · 7563 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.810 km WSW of Aianí, Greece · 7554 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.215 km ESE of Çorovodë, Albania · 7552 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.72 km WNW of Mavrochóri, Greece · 7547 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.410 km S of Drugovo, North Macedonia · 7547 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.42 km NW of Chlói, Greece · 7546 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.25 km E of Argos Orestiko, Greece · 7546 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.04 km ESE of Argos Orestiko, Greece · 7546 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.34 km NNE of Tsotíli, Greece · 7546 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.78 km SE of Anaráchi, Greece · 7541 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e6uc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:29 AM UTC.