M3.0 earthquake 46 km WSW of Mýrina, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 46 km WSW of Mýrina, Greece on Fri, Dec 16, 2005, 7:12 AM GMT+2 (05:12 UTC), 24 km (15 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
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-12-16 05:12:56 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.770° N, 24.540° 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 usp000e67s. 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
- 135°
- 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.143 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 7594 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.535 km NNW of Patitírion, Greece · 7590 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.18 km SSW of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7589 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.339 km ENE of Zagorá, Greece · 7584 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.936 km NNE of Mýrina, Greece · 7579 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.040 km SSE of Karyes, Greece · 7579 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.225 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7577 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.212 km W of Skýros, Greece · 7571 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.78 km NNW of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7562 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.036 km ENE of Zagorá, Greece · 7552 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.122 km WSW of Limenária, Greece · 7550 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.645 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 7550 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.543 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 7550 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.1Aegean Sea · 7550 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.927 km WNW of Skýros, Greece · 7545 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 2.96 km ENE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7598 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.936 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 7602 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.59 km ENE of Sárti, Greece · 7604 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.314 km SSW of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7607 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.13 km SE of Ormýlia, Greece · 7607 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.230 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 7607 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.114 km SSW of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7608 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.914 km ESE of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece · 7608 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.541 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7609 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.142 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7610 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.131 km SE of Karyes, Greece · 7613 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.344 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7615 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.026 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7617 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.112 km SSE of Kassándreia, Greece · 7622 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.130 km SE of Karyes, Greece · 7624 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.323 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7625 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e67s. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:17 AM UTC.