Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 91 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 91 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece on Sat, Oct 29, 2005, 1:17 PM GMT+3 (10:17 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 40 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-10-29 10:17:07 UTC
Depth
80.0 km (49.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
35.460° N, 22.440° 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 usp000e32u. 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.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
113°
Stations used
136

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.254 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7642 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 3.462 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7642 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 3.711 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7642 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 3.217 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7642 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.854 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7642 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 3.891 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7638 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 3.046 km S of Gýtheio, Greece · 7637 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 3.574 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7635 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 3.355 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7635 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 3.685 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7627 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 3.370 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7626 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 3.967 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7626 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 3.245 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7622 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 3.652 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7620 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 5.240 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7619 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 3.430 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7609 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 3.7110 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7597 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 4.434 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7591 days ago · 95 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 3.534 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7589 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 4.037 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7588 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 3.230 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7587 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 3.427 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7587 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 3.780 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7658 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 2.861 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7658 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.084 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7664 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 3.342 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7671 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 3.252 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7671 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.937 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 7675 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e32u. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:05 PM UTC.