Greece earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 16 km W of Kéfalos, Greece

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 16 km W of Kéfalos, Greece on Thu, Aug 11, 2005, 12:04 AM GMT+3 (21:04 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 15 km ESE of Kos, 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
2005-08-10 21:04:57 UTC
Depth
45.0 km (28.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.740° N, 26.770° 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 usp000dx3e. 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
237°, 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.320 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7721 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 3.610 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7721 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 3.321 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7720 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.014 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 7718 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.015 km ESE of Kos, Greece · 7714 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 3.117 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7704 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 3.013 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7703 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 3.218 km ESE of Kos, Greece · 7702 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 3.250 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7699 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 3.115 km NNW of Didim, Turkey · 7695 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 3.224 km W of Émponas, Greece · 7688 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 3.218 km N of Datça, Turkey · 7684 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 3.210 km NW of Agía Marína, Greece · 7679 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 3.012 km ESE of Kardámaina, Greece · 7675 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 3.420 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 7671 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away

Before

  1. 3.251 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7727 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 3.216 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7728 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 3.761 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7730 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.825 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7732 days ago · 133 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 3.519 km ESE of Kos, Greece · 7732 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 3.260 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7737 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.8Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7744 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 3.029 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7745 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dx3e. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:12 AM UTC.