Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 78 km W of Palaióchora, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 78 km W of Palaióchora, Greece on Mon, Feb 28, 2005, 3:17 PM GMT+2 (13:17 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 85 km SW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-02-28 13:17:02 UTC
Depth
22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.260° 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 usp000dh67. 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
228°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.339 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7888 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 3.339 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7888 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 3.248 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7888 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 3.315 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7887 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 3.456 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7885 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 3.628 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7884 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.8110 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7879 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 3.241 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7871 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 3.398 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7870 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 3.7central Mediterranean Sea · 7870 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 3.791 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7865 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 3.985 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7864 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 3.180 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7863 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 3.525 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7860 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 3.833 km S of Palaióchora, Greece · 7859 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 3.996 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7850 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 3.781 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7845 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 3.583 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7836 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 3.687 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7835 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 3.6127 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7833 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 3.849 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7832 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 4.044 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7892 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.138 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7895 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.339 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7896 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.332 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7896 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 3.312 km SSE of Kíssamos, Greece · 7901 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.342 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7907 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dh67. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:57 AM UTC.