Greece earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 36 km SSE of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 36 km SSE of Fry, Greece on Mon, Jan 3, 2005, 6:55 PM GMT+2 (16:55 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 86 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-01-03 16:55:29 UTC
Depth
21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.130° N, 27.120° 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 usp000dcg3. 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
195°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.829 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7930 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.046 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 7930 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.743 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 7930 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.5Crete, Greece · 7927 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 3.429 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7927 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 3.246 km S of Fry, Greece · 7926 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 3.548 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 7917 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.151 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7909 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 3.4Crete, Greece · 7906 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 4.586 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7905 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 3.651 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7900 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 3.642 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7895 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 3.333 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7888 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 3.429 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7887 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 3.243 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7946 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.445 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 7954 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.536 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 7954 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 3.64 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7955 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 3.136 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 7958 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dcg3. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:05 PM UTC.