M2.9 earthquake 69 km SE of Kastrí, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 69 km SE of Kastrí, Greece on Fri, Aug 26, 2005, 8:29 AM GMT+3 (05:29 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 22 km WSW of Agía Galíni, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-08-26 05:29:40 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.380° N, 24.600° 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 usp000dy2m. 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
- 256°, 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.116 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7705 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.066 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7703 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.26 km NNW of Kastrí, Greece · 7701 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.422 km WSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7695 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.827 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7695 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.524 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7695 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.327 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7690 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.129 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7690 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.014 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7689 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.230 km SW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7688 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.757 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7681 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.138 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7676 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.528 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7667 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.339 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7659 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.616 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 7649 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.584 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7648 days ago · 43 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 3.134 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7709 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.658 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7714 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.510 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 7717 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.323 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7717 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.26 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7717 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.59 km SW of Tympáki, Greece · 7719 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.530 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 7721 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.2101 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7723 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.596 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7727 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.328 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7730 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.315 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 7733 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.213 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7733 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.517 km SSW of Asímion, Greece · 7736 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.617 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7736 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.212 km SW of Asímion, Greece · 7736 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dy2m. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:02 PM UTC.