Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 37 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 37 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece on Sun, Dec 25, 2005, 1:06 PM GMT+2 (11:06 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 35 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-12-25 11:06:20 UTC
Depth
66.0 km (41.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.030° N, 23.350° 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 usp000e6uu. 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
122°
Stations used
24

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 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.827 km S of Palaióchora, Greece · 7579 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 3.320 km SE of Palaióchora, Greece · 7568 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 3.45 km E of Kalýves, Greece · 7553 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.1Crete, Greece · 7552 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 3.819 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7544 days ago · 54 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 3.818 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7538 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.335 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7535 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 3.147 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 7532 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 3.444 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7531 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 3.424 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7531 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 3.981 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7530 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 3.534 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7586 days ago · 60 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 4.434 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7588 days ago · 95 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 3.818 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7593 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 3.12 km NE of Kíssamos, Greece · 7600 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 3.231 km S of Palaióchora, Greece · 7600 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 3.451 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7601 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 3.340 km S of Palaióchora, Greece · 7602 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 3.146 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7603 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 3.525 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7603 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.85 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 7606 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 3.430 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7606 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 3.56 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7608 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 3.316 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7608 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 3.121 km SE of Palaióchora, Greece · 7612 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e6uu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:59 AM UTC.