Greece earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 3 km NW of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 3 km NW of Karpathos, Greece on Fri, Dec 30, 2005, 4:34 AM GMT+2 (02:34 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 19 km ESE of Fry, 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
2005-12-30 02:34:44 UTC
Depth
24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.530° N, 27.180° 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 usp000e76q. 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
194°, 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: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.357 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7578 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 3.548 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7577 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 3.418 km SSW of Émponas, Greece · 7575 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.444 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7575 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 3.638 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7571 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 3.61 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7569 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 3.328 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7562 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.925 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7562 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.928 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7562 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 3.417 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7562 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 3.620 km ENE of Palekastro, Greece · 7557 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 4.150 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 3.315 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 3.426 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 3.015 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7546 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 3.021 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7544 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 3.449 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7544 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 4.259 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7542 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 3.211 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7542 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 3.814 km E of Fry, Greece · 7539 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 3.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7532 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 3.130 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7530 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 3.641 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7529 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 4.519 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 7526 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 3.322 km N of Fry, Greece · 7523 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 3.130 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 3.318 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 3.513 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 3.524 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 3.756 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7582 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 3.215 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7585 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 3.247 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7586 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 3.527 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7587 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 4.239 km N of Fry, Greece · 7588 days ago · 85 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 3.353 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7591 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 3.543 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7595 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 3.625 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7599 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 4.829 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7601 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 4.179 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7601 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 4.377 km S of Lárdos, Greece · 7601 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 3.48 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7602 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e76q. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC.