M2.6 earthquake 15 km NE of Mantamádos, Greece
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 15 km NE of Mantamádos, Greece on Wed, Apr 27, 2005, 10:39 PM GMT+3 (19:39 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 6 km S of Alt?noluk, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-04-27 19:39:23 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.390° N, 26.480° 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 usp000dpd6. 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
- 327°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.25 km SW of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 7819 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.17 km SW of Soma, Turkey · 7819 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.45 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 7818 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.513 km N of Míthymna, Greece · 7818 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.39 km N of Míthymna, Greece · 7818 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.518 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 7817 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.110 km NNE of Míthymna, Greece · 7817 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.310 km NNE of Míthymna, Greece · 7816 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.66 km S of Alt?noluk, Turkey · 7814 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.132 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 7814 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.936 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7810 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.029 km N of Psará, Greece · 7810 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.129 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 7809 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.137 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 7808 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.131 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 7808 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.228 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 7808 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.5Near the coast of western Turkey · 7791 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.228 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 7783 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.318 km S of Polichnítos, Greece · 7771 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 3.514 km SSE of Eresós, Greece · 7829 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.035 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7831 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.25 km SW of Gömeç, Turkey · 7835 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.226 km S of Eresós, Greece · 7852 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.531 km NE of Psará, Greece · 7854 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.338 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7855 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.432 km NE of Psará, Greece · 7856 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dpd6. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:02 PM UTC.