M3.5 earthquake 57 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 57 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece on Sat, Nov 12, 2005, 6:31 AM GMT+2 (04:31 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.7 26 km NE of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-11-12 04:31:44 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.040° N, 23.940° 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 usp000e409. 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
- 114°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1southern Greece · 7611 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.430 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7606 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.85 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 7606 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.12 km NE of Kíssamos, Greece · 7600 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.434 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7588 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.824 km SSE of Géfyra, Greece · 7574 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 6.726 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 348
- 3.335 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.963 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.737 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.955 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.333 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.335 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.062 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.135 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.129 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.031 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.155 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.333 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.524 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 58 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.537 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.045 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.739 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7571 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.536 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7571 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.441 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7571 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.347 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7570 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.436 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7569 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 3.0southern Greece · 7632 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.217 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7639 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.711 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7639 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.949 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7650 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.726 km N of Agía Marína, Greece · 7658 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e409. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:45 AM UTC.