M3.0 earthquake 3 km SW of Moláoi, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 3 km SW of Moláoi, Greece on Sun, Feb 27, 2005, 10:14 PM GMT+2 (20:14 UTC), 22 km (14 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 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-02-27 20:14:38 UTC
- Depth
- 22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.790° N, 22.820° 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 usp000dh42. 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
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.452 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7885 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.310 km W of Koróni, Greece · 7881 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.223 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 7880 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.229 km S of Spétses, Greece · 7871 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.921 km NE of Moláoi, Greece · 7867 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.752 km SE of Ýdra, Greece · 7863 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.95 km N of Ástros, Greece · 7861 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.365 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7860 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.815 km W of Koilás, Greece · 7859 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.147 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7858 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.910 km ENE of Ágios Andréas, Greece · 7856 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.012 km SSE of Asopós, Greece · 7840 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.242 km ENE of Géfyra, Greece · 7833 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.227 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 7830 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 3.337 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7891 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.138 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7893 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.239 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7904 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.822 km SE of Leonídio, Greece · 7905 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.018 km ESE of Leonídio, Greece · 7905 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.816 km NNW of Magoúla, Greece · 7906 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.29 km W of Karyés, Greece · 7908 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.916 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 7913 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dh42. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:26 AM UTC.