Greece earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 5 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece on Thu, May 19, 2005, 4:05 AM GMT+3 (01:05 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 44 km S of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-05-19 01:05:19 UTC
Depth
16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.550° N, 27.240° 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 usp000dr4m. 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
195°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.032 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7804 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 3.045 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7802 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.9Crete, Greece · 7801 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 3.08 km W of Fry, Greece · 7801 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 3.026 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 7801 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.128 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7800 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 3.532 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7797 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 4.351 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7797 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 3.323 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 7795 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 3.2Crete, Greece · 7794 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.012 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7793 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 3.238 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7792 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 3.35 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7788 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 3.358 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7785 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 3.337 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7776 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 3.638 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7776 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 3.563 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7776 days ago · 89 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 3.46 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7774 days ago · 24 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 3.334 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7774 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 3.325 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7773 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 3.0Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7773 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 2.836 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7773 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 3.853 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7765 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 4.355 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7761 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 3.424 km N of Fry, Greece · 7761 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 3.641 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 3.150 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 3.355 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 4.160 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 3.351 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 3.955 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 4.744 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 3.231 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7760 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
  34. 3.841 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7759 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 3.37 km NNE of Fry, Greece · 7759 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 3.853 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7759 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 3.112 km NNE of Fry, Greece · 7759 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 3.124 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7759 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 3.1Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7759 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 4.129 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7755 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 3.423 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7755 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 3.237 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7753 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 3.632 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7749 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 3.230 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7748 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 3.159 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7815 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 3.251 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7819 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 3.731 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7821 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 3.311 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7824 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 3.423 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7824 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 3.523 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7824 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 3.324 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7824 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.222 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7824 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 3.260 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7825 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 3.114 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7825 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 3.022 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7833 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 3.124 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7834 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 3.124 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7834 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dr4m. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC.