Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 62 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 62 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece on Thu, May 19, 2005, 1:28 PM GMT+3 (10:28 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 16 km SSW of Chóra Sfakíon, 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
2005-05-19 10:28:09 UTC
Depth
26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.780° N, 23.270° 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 usp000dr5g. 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
266°, 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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.328 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7800 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 3.637 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7799 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 3.136 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7798 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 3.44 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 7792 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 3.310 km NNE of Kastrí, Greece · 7785 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 3.512 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 7785 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 3.460 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7780 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 4.616 km SSW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7779 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 3.115 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7779 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 3.011 km SW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7779 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 3.021 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7772 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 4.147 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7771 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 3.530 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7764 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 3.418 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7759 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 3.28 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7758 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 3.229 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7757 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 3.737 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7752 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.725 km NW of Kastrí, Greece · 7748 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 3.244 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7812 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.323 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7812 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 3.446 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7812 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.524 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7819 days ago · 59 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 3.923 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7820 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.830 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7822 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 3.849 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7829 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 3.317 km WNW of Kastrí, Greece · 7829 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 3.6127 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7831 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dr5g. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC.