Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 28 km S of Kastrí, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 28 km S of Kastrí, Greece on Wed, Oct 5, 2005, 12:02 PM GMT+3 (09:02 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 40 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-10-05 09:02:00 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.580° N, 24.130° 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 usp000e0x1. 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
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.339 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7659 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.616 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 7649 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 3.584 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7648 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 3.432 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7645 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.354 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7644 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 4.229 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7639 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 3.228 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7639 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 3.357 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 7632 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 3.825 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7632 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 3.3Crete, Greece · 7632 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 3.522 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 7624 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.925 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7624 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 3.119 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7624 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 3.370 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7623 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 5.240 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7616 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 3.334 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7615 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 3.121 km SE of Palaióchora, Greece · 7611 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 3.347 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7609 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 3.316 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7608 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 3.56 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7607 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 3.252 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7668 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 3.138 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7676 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 3.230 km SW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7688 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.014 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7689 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 3.129 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7690 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 3.524 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7694 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 3.827 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7695 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 4.422 km WSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7695 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e0x1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:06 PM UTC.