M3.2 earthquake 11 km SE of Methóni, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 11 km SE of Methóni, Greece on Wed, Oct 5, 2005, 1:28 AM GMT+3 (22:28 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 62 km S of Lithakiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-10-04 22:28:25 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.740° N, 21.790° 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 usp000e0wk. 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
- 189°, 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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.861 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7656 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.918 km SW of Epitálio, Greece · 7654 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.47 km SE of Kréstena, Greece · 7654 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.862 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 7654 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.214 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7648 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.58 km ESE of Paralía Vérgas, Greece · 7648 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.51 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 7644 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.64 km NNW of Methóni, Greece · 7643 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.14 km SE of Epitálio, Greece · 7639 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.742 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7639 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.946 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7639 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.891 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7636 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.046 km S of Gýtheio, Greece · 7635 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.574 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7633 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.670 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7629 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.211 km S of Megalópoli, Greece · 7627 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.56 km SSW of Chóra, Greece · 7620 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.417 km SW of Gargaliánoi, Greece · 7618 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Megalópoli, Greece · 7616 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.118 km WSW of Karyés, Greece · 7612 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 3.15 km E of Arfará, Greece · 7669 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.237 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7675 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.870 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7675 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.410 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7676 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.511 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7677 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.85 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7684 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.528 km NW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7684 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.628 km NW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7684 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.43 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 7689 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.50 km S of Kréstena, Greece · 7691 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e0wk. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.