Greece earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 87 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 87 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Tue, Apr 12, 2005, 1:32 AM GMT+3 (22:32 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 69 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-04-11 22:32:31 UTC
Depth
16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.460° N, 26.590° 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 usp000dn3p. 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
159°
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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.53 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7833 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 3.491 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7828 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 3.260 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7826 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.326 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7812 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 3.159 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7802 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 4.769 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7794 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 3.375 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7792 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 3.586 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7790 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 3.235 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7790 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 3.813 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7790 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 3.845 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7790 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 4.096 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7786 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 3.5117 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7786 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 3.324 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7783 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 3.23 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7845 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.951 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7860 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 3.692 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7864 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.939 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7864 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 3.6132 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7866 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 3.543 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7867 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dn3p. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC.