M3.0 earthquake 46 km WNW of Mílos, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 46 km WNW of Mílos, Greece on Fri, Feb 4, 2005, 5:35 PM GMT+2 (15:35 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 52 km E 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
- 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-02-04 15:35:22 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.970° N, 23.990° 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 usp000dfgj. 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
- 143°
- Stations used
- 8
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.018 km ESE of Leonídio, Greece · 7906 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.822 km SE of Leonídio, Greece · 7906 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.452 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7886 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.223 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 7881 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.513 km SE of Lávrio, Greece · 7874 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.942 km SW of Adámas, Greece · 7872 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.229 km S of Spétses, Greece · 7871 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.921 km NE of Moláoi, Greece · 7868 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.752 km SE of Ýdra, Greece · 7864 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.911 km SSE of Lávrio, Greece · 7851 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dfgj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.