Greece earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 23 km SE of Kastrí, Greece

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 23 km SE of Kastrí, Greece on Thu, May 12, 2005, 3:09 PM GMT+3 (12:09 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 16 km SSW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-05-12 12:09:13 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.670° N, 24.240° 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 usp000dqm2. 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
244°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.333 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7810 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.14 km S of Agía Varvára, Greece · 7808 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 3.280 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7807 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 3.562 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7805 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.328 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7800 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 3.637 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7799 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 3.136 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7798 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 3.1Crete, Greece · 7795 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 3.433 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7795 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 3.166 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7794 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 3.47 km NNW of Violí Charáki, Greece · 7793 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 3.44 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 7792 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 2.852 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7790 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 3.125 km ESE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7790 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 3.427 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7785 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 3.310 km NNE of Kastrí, Greece · 7785 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 3.512 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 7785 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 3.543 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7782 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 3.129 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7780 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 4.616 km SSW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7779 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 3.115 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7779 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 3.011 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7779 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 3.749 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 7779 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 3.43 km SE of Agía Varvára, Greece · 7775 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 3.26 km E of Moíres, Greece · 7774 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 3.09 km ESE of Moíres, Greece · 7774 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 3.37 km S of Gérgeri, Greece · 7773 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 3.021 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7772 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 3.1Crete, Greece · 7766 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 3.425 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7765 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 3.645 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 7764 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 3.530 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7764 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 3.242 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7759 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 3.418 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7759 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 2.730 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 7759 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 3.28 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7758 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 3.229 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7757 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 3.420 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 7755 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 3.353 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7755 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 3.446 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7812 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 3.530 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7814 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 3.73 km SSW of Asímion, Greece · 7819 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.524 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7819 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 3.923 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7820 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 3.47 km SSW of Asímion, Greece · 7821 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.183 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7822 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.11 km WNW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7823 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.613 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7824 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 3.128 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7825 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 3.445 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 7825 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 3.225 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7826 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.248 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7827 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 3.113 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 7828 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 3.849 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7829 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 3.317 km WNW of Kastrí, Greece · 7829 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 3.627 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 7833 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 4.043 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7833 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 3.129 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7837 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 3.155 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7837 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dqm2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC.