M3.0 earthquake 5 km SW of Galatás, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 5 km SW of Galatás, Greece on Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 12:30 AM GMT+2 (22:30 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 2 km W of Vraná, 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 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-01-25 22:30:59 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.460° N, 23.410° 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 usp000dec6. 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
- 71°
- 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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.820 km SSW of Spétses, Greece · 7918 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.911 km NE of Xylókastro, Greece · 7913 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.046 km WNW of Mílos, Greece · 7910 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.29 km W of Karyés, Greece · 7908 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 7908 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.018 km ESE of Leonídio, Greece · 7905 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.822 km SE of Leonídio, Greece · 7905 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.59 km WSW of Vília, Greece · 7905 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 7905 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.04 km SSE of Athíkia, Greece · 7903 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Moláoi, Greece · 7887 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Erythrés, Greece · 7880 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.212 km WSW of Sikyón, Greece · 7876 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.82 km W of Vraná, Greece · 7875 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.72 km SSW of Vraná, Greece · 7875 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.50 km WSW of Diónysos, Greece · 7874 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.513 km SE of Lávrio, Greece · 7873 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.229 km S of Spétses, Greece · 7871 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.921 km NE of Moláoi, Greece · 7867 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.52 km SSW of Thrakomakedónes, Greece · 7867 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.84 km ENE of Perachóra, Greece · 7865 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.752 km SE of Ýdra, Greece · 7863 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.74 km SW of Álimos, Greece · 7862 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.76 km S of Piraeus, Greece · 7862 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.95 km N of Ástros, Greece · 7861 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 2.810 km NE of Kiáto, Greece · 7923 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.826 km E of Lávrio, Greece · 7933 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.77 km NNW of Neméa, Greece · 7936 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.57 km S of Megalochóri, Greece · 7942 days ago · 123 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.52 km W of Néa Kíos, Greece · 7942 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.814 km WNW of Neméa, Greece · 7942 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.72 km SSW of Kyrás Vrýsi, Greece · 7943 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dec6. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC.