Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 16 km E of Leonídio, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 16 km E of Leonídio, Greece on Fri, Dec 2, 2005, 3:08 AM GMT+2 (01:08 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.7 26 km NE of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-12-02 01:08:36 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.150° N, 23.040° 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 usp000e5aw. 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
147°
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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.230 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7584 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 3.232 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7584 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 3.234 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7584 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.135 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7583 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 3.436 km SW of Gýtheio, Greece · 7582 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.831 km ESE of Ýdra, Greece · 7576 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.824 km SSE of Géfyra, Greece · 7573 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 3.123 km S of Kardamýli, Greece · 7573 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 6.726 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 348
  10. 2.914 km WSW of Pórto Chéli, Greece · 7572 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 3.145 km WNW of Mílos, Greece · 7568 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.96 km NNW of Megalópoli, Greece · 7565 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 3.162 km ENE of Géfyra, Greece · 7564 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.80 km ENE of Vokhaïkó, Greece · 7557 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.523 km ESE of Ýdra, Greece · 7554 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 3.012 km WSW of Sikyón, Greece · 7551 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 3.02 km WSW of Vokhaïkó, Greece · 7609 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.1southern Greece · 7611 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 3.118 km WSW of Karyés, Greece · 7611 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 3.43 km SSW of Megalópoli, Greece · 7616 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.211 km S of Megalópoli, Greece · 7626 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 3.0southern Greece · 7631 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e5aw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:37 AM UTC.