M3.9 earthquake 85 km SW of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 85 km SW of Kýthira, Greece on Thu, Mar 24, 2005, 8:45 PM GMT+2 (18:45 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-03-24 18:45:43 UTC
- Depth
- 34.0 km (21.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.550° N, 22.390° 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 usp000djz7. 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
- 173°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.365 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7863 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.525 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7860 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.147 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7860 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.996 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7850 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.781 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7845 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.583 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7836 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.687 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7835 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.6127 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7834 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.8101 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7826 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.830 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7825 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.458 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7822 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.229 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7819 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.235 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7817 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.936 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7816 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.244 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7815 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.558 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7813 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.184 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7805 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 3.791 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7866 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.7central Mediterranean Sea · 7870 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.398 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7870 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.293 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7878 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.8110 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7879 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.0166 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7879 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5156 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7879 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.568 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7881 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.456 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7885 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.339 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7888 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.339 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7888 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.578 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7888 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.337 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7893 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000djz7. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:14 PM UTC.