Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 83 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 83 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece on Thu, Apr 21, 2005, 11:35 PM GMT+3 (20:35 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 101 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-04-21 20:35:46 UTC
Depth
34.0 km (21.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.820° N, 22.160° 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 usp000dnxy. 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
229°, 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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.687 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7834 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 3.6127 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7832 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 3.227 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 7831 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.8101 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7824 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 3.458 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7821 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 3.229 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7817 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 3.235 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7816 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.936 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7814 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 3.244 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7813 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 3.558 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7811 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 3.184 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7804 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 3.590 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7801 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 3.258 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7790 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 3.261 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7790 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 3.686 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7787 days ago · 45 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 3.438 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 7786 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.821 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7783 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 3.582 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7782 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 3.219 km NNE of Kýthira, Greece · 7780 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 3.8central Mediterranean Sea · 7780 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 3.155 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 7779 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 3.781 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7844 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 3.996 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7849 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 3.147 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7858 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 3.365 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7861 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 3.985 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7863 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 3.791 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7864 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dnxy. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:41 AM UTC.