M2.9 earthquake 36 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 36 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece on Fri, Dec 9, 2005, 12:18 AM GMT+2 (22:18 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 45 km SE of Sykiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-12-08 22:18:12 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.580° N, 25.250° 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 usp000e5tp. 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
- 188°, 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.046 km WSW of Mýrina, Greece · 7595 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.38 km NE of Míthymna, Greece · 7582 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.910 km W of Behram, Turkey · 7582 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.010 km NNE of Míthymna, Greece · 7582 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.936 km NNE of Mýrina, Greece · 7579 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.040 km SSE of Karyes, Greece · 7578 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.917 km W of Pétra, Greece · 7560 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.645 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 7549 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.543 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 7549 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.1Aegean Sea · 7549 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 2.931 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 7606 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.541 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7609 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.142 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7610 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.131 km SE of Karyes, Greece · 7612 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.344 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7615 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.026 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7617 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.130 km SE of Karyes, Greece · 7623 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.323 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7624 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.229 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7625 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.140 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7625 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.327 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7626 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.429 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7626 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.540 km N of Mýrina, Greece · 7626 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.627 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7626 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.226 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7626 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.354 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 7629 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.227 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7630 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.924 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7630 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.128 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7630 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e5tp. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC.