M3.0 earthquake 14 km W of Fry, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 14 km W of Fry, Greece on Sat, Aug 20, 2005, 2:11 AM GMT+3 (23:11 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 24 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-08-19 23:11:31 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.420° N, 26.760° 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 usp000dxpc. 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
- 170°
- 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: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.412 km NE of Fry, Greece · 7711 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.436 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7710 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.133 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 7708 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.025 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7706 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.329 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7706 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.250 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7699 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.326 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7698 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.226 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7696 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.429 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7692 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.440 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7692 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.044 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7684 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.449 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7679 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.822 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7678 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.535 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7677 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.437 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7677 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.224 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7676 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.462 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7676 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.313 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 7674 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.117 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7674 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.226 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7673 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.442 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7673 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.346 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7673 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.424 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7671 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.338 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7670 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.445 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7669 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.143 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7667 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.59 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7666 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.655 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7665 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.317 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7662 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.924 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7660 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.330 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7660 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.440 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7659 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.229 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7657 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.453 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7657 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 4.258 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7714 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.442 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7718 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.122 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7719 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.125 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 7722 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.144 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7724 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.152 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7724 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.540 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7726 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.251 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7726 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.854 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7728 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.040 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7728 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.761 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7730 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.313 km NNW of Palekastro, Greece · 7730 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.043 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7732 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.02 km W of Palekastro, Greece · 7732 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.260 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7737 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.342 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 7739 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dxpc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC.