Greece earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 80 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 80 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece on Fri, Mar 25, 2005, 9:37 AM GMT+2 (07:37 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 33 km S of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-03-25 07:37:45 UTC
Depth
38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.710° N, 23.070° 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 usp000dk0t. 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
276°, 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.323 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 7859 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.525 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7857 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 3.833 km S of Palaióchora, Greece · 7857 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 3.47 km NNW of Kastrí, Greece · 7855 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 3.6127 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7831 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.317 km WNW of Kastrí, Greece · 7829 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 3.849 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7829 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.830 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7822 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 3.524 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7820 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 3.446 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7812 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 3.562 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7805 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away

Before

  1. 3.316 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7861 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 3.791 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7863 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 3.398 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7868 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 3.241 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7868 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 3.419 km WNW of Kastrí, Greece · 7881 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 3.628 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7881 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 3.578 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7885 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.2123 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7888 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 4.044 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7890 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dk0t. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:34 PM UTC.