M3.1 earthquake 37 km SSE of Limenária, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 37 km SSE of Limenária, Greece on Thu, Jan 13, 2005, 7:30 PM GMT+2 (17:30 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 15 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-01-13 17:30:19 UTC
- Depth
- 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.330° N, 24.780° 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 usp000dd8w. 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
- 129°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.321 km SE of Samothráki, Greece · 7931 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.83 km SE of Níkiti, Greece · 7931 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.119 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7917 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.915 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7913 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.118 km S of Samothráki, Greece · 7903 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.44 km NNW of Sárti, Greece · 7879 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dd8w. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:10 AM UTC.