M2.7 earthquake 19 km NW of Kými, Greece
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 19 km NW of Kými, Greece on Thu, Sep 8, 2005, 5:18 AM GMT+3 (02:18 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 16 km E of Istiaía, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-09-08 02:18:39 UTC
- Depth
- 30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.750° 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 usp000dyz1. 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
- 230°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.036 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 7694 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.60 km N of Selínia, Greece · 7693 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.911 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7692 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.917 km NNE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 7692 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.65 km NW of Fylí, Greece · 7692 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.64 km WSW of Thespiés, Greece · 7691 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.77 km NE of Límni, Greece · 7690 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.26 km WSW of Kými, Greece · 7689 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.52 km NNW of Alivéri, Greece · 7687 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.546 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 7686 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.60 km E of Ellinikó, Greece · 7684 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.97 km E of Domvraína, Greece · 7683 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.13 km NNE of Argalastí, Greece · 7683 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Thespiés, Greece · 7683 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.713 km E of Tríkeri, Greece · 7680 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.54 km SSW of Áyios Thomás, Greece · 7678 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.77 km SE of Akraifnía, Greece · 7675 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.048 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 7670 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.117 km E of Istiaía, Greece · 7670 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.447 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 7665 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.13 km SSE of Áyioi Apóstoloi, Greece · 7659 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.92 km SW of Chalkída, Greece · 7658 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.132 km S of Skýros, Greece · 7657 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Martínon, Greece · 7657 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Vathí, Greece · 7657 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.510 km SSW of Prokópi, Greece · 7656 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.611 km E of Malesína, Greece · 7656 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.828 km SSE of Patitírion, Greece · 7653 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.7Aegean Sea · 7652 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9Aegean Sea · 7651 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.77 km ESE of Psachná, Greece · 7649 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.716 km E of Istiaía, Greece · 7648 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.60 km WSW of Fylí, Greece · 7648 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.23 km ENE of Argalastí, Greece · 7647 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.34 km NNE of Istiaía, Greece · 7647 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.31 km NE of Néa Artáki, Greece · 7647 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.92 km NE of Néa Artáki, Greece · 7644 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.210 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 7643 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.81 km SSW of Vraná, Greece · 7639 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.110 km E of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 7638 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.231 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 7638 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.929 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 7638 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.410 km E of Argalastí, Greece · 7635 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.630 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 7634 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 3.19 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7698 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.718 km N of Yimnón, Greece · 7699 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.71 km N of Polydéndri, Greece · 7699 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.015 km NNW of Patitírion, Greece · 7700 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Áyios Konstandínos, Greece · 7701 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.532 km ESE of Patitírion, Greece · 7704 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.912 km SSE of Argalastí, Greece · 7705 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 7705 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.67 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 7705 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.719 km E of Istiaía, Greece · 7706 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.913 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7707 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.73 km E of Límni, Greece · 7708 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.110 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7708 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.57 km E of Thívai, Greece · 7711 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.110 km WSW of Skiáthos, Greece · 7711 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.112 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7712 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.85 km NNW of Orchomenós, Greece · 7712 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.017 km SSW of Skiáthos, Greece · 7712 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.89 km E of Istiaía, Greece · 7713 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Psachná, Greece · 7714 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dyz1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:47 PM UTC.