M3.5 earthquake 74 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 74 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece on Tue, Nov 8, 2005, 12:03 PM GMT+2 (10:03 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 110 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-11-08 10:03:45 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.910° N, 22.220° 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 usp000e3rq. 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
- 225°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.355 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7634 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.670 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7631 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.685 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7626 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.652 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7619 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.024 km SSW of Koróni, Greece · 7605 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.655 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7597 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.7110 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7596 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.230 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7587 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.232 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7586 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.427 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7586 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.234 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7586 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.135 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7585 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.436 km SW of Gýtheio, Greece · 7584 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.343 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 7577 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.123 km S of Kardamýli, Greece · 7575 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 3.046 km S of Gýtheio, Greece · 7637 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.891 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7638 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.742 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7641 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.854 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7641 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.462 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7642 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.254 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7642 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.091 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7645 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.780 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7657 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.861 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7658 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.084 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7664 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e3rq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:50 AM UTC.