M3.2 earthquake 42 km ESE of Géfyra, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 42 km ESE of Géfyra, Greece on Mon, May 30, 2005, 3:42 AM GMT+3 (00:42 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 31 km NNE of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-05-30 00:42:44 UTC
- Depth
- 54.0 km (33.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.540° N, 23.470° 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 usp000drve. 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
- 141°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.041 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7786 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.821 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7783 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.157 km SSE of Ýdra, Greece · 7782 days ago · 85 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.219 km NNE of Kýthira, Greece · 7780 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.324 km NE of Géfyra, Greece · 7777 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.221 km ENE of Sykiá, Greece · 7776 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.253 km SSW of Adámas, Greece · 7763 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.331 km NNE of Kýthira, Greece · 7757 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.924 km NNE of Kýthira, Greece · 7757 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.520 km N of Kýthira, Greece · 7757 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.827 km NNE of Kýthira, Greece · 7757 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.035 km SE of Géfyra, Greece · 7757 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.218 km E of Géfyra, Greece · 7753 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.029 km NNE of Kýthira, Greece · 7752 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.426 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece · 7751 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.334 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 7750 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.219 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7747 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.124 km ESE of Géfyra, Greece · 7739 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.126 km NNE of Kýthira, Greece · 7737 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 3.328 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7814 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.936 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7814 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.235 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7815 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.216 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 7817 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.229 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7817 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Vlachiótis, Greece · 7819 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000drve. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:18 PM UTC.