M2.9 earthquake 62 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 62 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece on Sat, Mar 5, 2005, 11:15 AM GMT+2 (09:15 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 11 km E of Fry, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-03-05 09:15:33 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.000° N, 26.880° 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 usp000dhjp. 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
- 123°
- 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: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.132 km ESE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7878 days ago · 149 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.329 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7873 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.28 km NE of Fry, Greece · 7871 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.910 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7870 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.011 km E of Fry, Greece · 7869 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.323 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7867 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.137 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7864 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.436 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7864 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.139 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7864 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.111 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7864 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.42 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7862 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.17 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7860 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.023 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 7856 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.017 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7855 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.38 km NE of Fry, Greece · 7855 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.09 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7854 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.56 km ENE of Fry, Greece · 7854 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.016 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7854 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.818 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7854 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.016 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7853 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.215 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7853 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.48 km E of Fry, Greece · 7849 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.329 km NNW of Sitia, Greece · 7844 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.520 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7840 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.921 km E of Mandráki, Greece · 7838 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.249 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7838 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.08 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7837 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.011 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7837 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.124 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7834 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.124 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7834 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.022 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7833 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.644 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7828 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.114 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7825 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.222 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7824 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.324 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7824 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.523 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7824 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.423 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7824 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.311 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7824 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.518 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7823 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.731 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7821 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 3.329 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 7884 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.89 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7885 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.429 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7887 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.240 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7887 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.333 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7888 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.112 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7901 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.28 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7903 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.113 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7904 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.574 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7905 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.151 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7909 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dhjp. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:12 AM UTC.