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M4.5 earthquake 26 km S of Kýthira, Greece

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 26 km S of Kýthira, Greece on Fri, Jan 21, 2005, 2:54 AM GMT+2 (00:54 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (Md, duration), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-01-21 00:54:51 UTC
Depth
31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.910° N, 22.950° 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 usp000ddwr. 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
147°
Stations used
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.916 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 7913 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 3.342 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7905 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 3.239 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7904 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 3.312 km SSE of Kíssamos, Greece · 7900 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.138 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7894 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 3.337 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7891 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 3.054 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece · 7889 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 3.03 km SW of Moláoi, Greece · 7887 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 3.578 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7886 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 3.339 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7886 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 3.339 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7886 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 3.248 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7886 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 3.315 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7886 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 3.452 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7885 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 3.456 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7883 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 3.223 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 7881 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 3.037 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece · 7877 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 3.8110 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7877 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 3.293 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7876 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.398 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7868 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 3.7central Mediterranean Sea · 7868 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away

Before

  1. 3.428 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 7925 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.625 km N of Kýthira, Greece · 7925 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 3.464 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7934 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.816 km NW of Kolympári, Greece · 7935 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 3.634 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7945 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 3.240 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7945 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 3.033 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7953 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.929 km SSW of Asopós, Greece · 7954 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 3.238 km SSW of Asopós, Greece · 7954 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ddwr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:45 PM UTC.