Greece earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 27 km NW of Míthymna, Greece

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 27 km NW of Míthymna, Greece on Thu, Jan 13, 2005, 2:33 PM GMT+2 (12:33 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 30 km N of Psará, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-01-13 12:33:19 UTC
Depth
22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.550° N, 25.960° 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 usp000dd8c. 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
153°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.321 km SE of Samothráki, Greece · 7931 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 3.537 km N of Psará, Greece · 7921 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 3.437 km N of Psará, Greece · 7921 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 3.119 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7917 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 3.432 km N of Psará, Greece · 7917 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 3.431 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 7917 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 3.527 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 7911 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 3.730 km N of Psará, Greece · 7909 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 3.145 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 7906 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 3.118 km S of Samothráki, Greece · 7903 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 3.225 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7898 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 3.620 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7888 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away

Before

  1. 3.37 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7937 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 3.6Aegean Sea · 7952 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 3.339 km E of Mýrina, Greece · 7955 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dd8c. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC.