M3.4 earthquake 17 km SW of Kassándreia, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 17 km SW of Kassándreia, Greece on Tue, Mar 22, 2005, 2:00 AM GMT+2 (00:00 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 26 km SSW of Pefkochóri, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-03-22 00:00:59 UTC
- Depth
- 43.0 km (26.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.940° N, 23.270° 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 usp000djrw. 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.526 km SSW of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7862 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.12 km N of Palaiochóri, Greece · 7851 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.35 km NNW of Stratónion, Greece · 7849 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.47 km NNW of Stratónion, Greece · 7849 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.410 km NW of Stratónion, Greece · 7849 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.89 km SSW of Elassóna, Greece · 7829 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.113 km SSW of Elassóna, Greece · 7829 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.110 km SSW of Tsarítsani, Greece · 7829 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.95 km SSE of Kalochóri, Greece · 7824 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.96 km NE of Tríkeri, Greece · 7816 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.81 km NNW of Ágios Athanásios, Greece · 7809 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.17 km NE of Néa Fókaia, Greece · 7806 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.13 km NNW of Sfendámi, Greece · 7806 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 2.89 km SE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7866 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.211 km SE of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7869 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.93 km SW of Ássiros, Greece · 7873 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.30 km NNE of Néa Vrasná, Greece · 7874 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.44 km NNW of Sárti, Greece · 7879 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.143 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 7884 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000djrw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC.