Greece earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 35 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 35 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece on Wed, Aug 10, 2005, 2:44 PM GMT+3 (11:44 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 28 km S of Géfyra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-08-10 11:44:47 UTC
Depth
12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.040° N, 23.360° 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 usp000dx2d. 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
180°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.750 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7720 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 3.431 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 7717 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 3.055 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7713 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 3.429 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7709 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 3.154 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7706 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.576 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7704 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 3.673 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7699 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.937 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 7672 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 3.342 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7668 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 4.228 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 7663 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 3.421 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7728 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 3.646 km N of Mouzourás, Greece · 7732 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 3.126 km NNE of Kýthira, Greece · 7736 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 3.124 km ESE of Géfyra, Greece · 7738 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 3.716 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7744 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 3.219 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7746 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 3.334 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 7749 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 3.1central Mediterranean Sea · 7749 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 3.426 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece · 7751 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.029 km NNE of Kýthira, Greece · 7751 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 3.218 km E of Géfyra, Greece · 7752 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dx2d. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:22 PM UTC.