Greece earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 33 km NE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 33 km NE of Karpathos, Greece on Wed, Aug 24, 2005, 7:54 PM GMT+3 (16:54 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 24 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-08-24 16:54:09 UTC
Depth
22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.730° N, 27.460° 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 usp000dxz2. 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
185°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.025 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7706 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 3.329 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7706 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 3.250 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7699 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 3.326 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7698 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 3.429 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7692 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 3.224 km W of Émponas, Greece · 7687 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 3.044 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7684 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 3.449 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7679 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 3.224 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7676 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 4.117 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7674 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 3.226 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7673 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 3.424 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7671 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 3.59 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7666 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 3.655 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7665 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 3.317 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7662 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 4.924 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7660 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 3.330 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7660 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 3.229 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7657 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 3.453 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7657 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 3.721 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 7652 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 3.331 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7649 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 3.029 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 7710 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 3.412 km NE of Fry, Greece · 7711 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 3.014 km W of Fry, Greece · 7713 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 3.321 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7719 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 3.144 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7724 days ago · 46 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.152 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7724 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 3.251 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7726 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 3.761 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7730 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 3.260 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7737 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dxz2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC.