Greece earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 101 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 101 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece on Sat, Jan 22, 2005, 9:53 PM GMT+2 (19:53 UTC), 27 km (17 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
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-01-22 19:53:30 UTC
Depth
27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.140° N, 26.070° 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 usp000de19. 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
115°
Stations used
76

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 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.4Crete, Greece · 7907 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.586 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7905 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 4.162 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7896 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 3.537 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7881 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 3.278 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7881 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 3.552 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7878 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 3.229 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7875 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.6132 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7866 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.939 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7864 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 3.692 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7864 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away

Before

  1. 3.829 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7930 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.5117 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7943 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 3.555 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7944 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000de19. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:02 AM UTC.