M3.8 earthquake 56 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 56 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece on Thu, Jan 27, 2005, 12:53 AM GMT+2 (22:53 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 104 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-01-26 22:53:14 UTC
- Depth
- 22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.990° N, 23.130° 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 usp000defu. 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
- 245°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7104 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7917 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.342 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7905 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.312 km SSE of Kíssamos, Greece · 7899 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.410 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 7898 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.332 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7894 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.339 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7894 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.044 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7890 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.2123 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7888 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.578 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7886 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.339 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7886 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.339 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7886 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.315 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7885 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.628 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7881 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.419 km WNW of Kastrí, Greece · 7881 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.241 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7868 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.398 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7868 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.7central Mediterranean Sea · 7868 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.791 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7863 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.316 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7862 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.985 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7861 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.180 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7861 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.323 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 7859 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 3.710 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 7921 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.53 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7925 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.181 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7933 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.816 km NW of Kolympári, Greece · 7934 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.311 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7937 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.634 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7944 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.240 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7945 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000defu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:10 AM UTC.