M3.7 earthquake 110 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 110 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece on Sat, Dec 17, 2005, 12:40 AM GMT+2 (22:40 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 41 km W 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
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-12-16 22:40:06 UTC
- Depth
- 36.0 km (22.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.740° N, 21.870° 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 usp000e69s. 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
- 238°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.230 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7585 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.427 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7584 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.436 km SW of Gýtheio, Greece · 7582 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.343 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 7575 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.1southern Greece · 7566 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.241 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7558 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.796 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 7555 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.279 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7549 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.437 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 7546 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.469 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7540 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e69s. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.