Greece earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 91 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 91 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Wed, Apr 27, 2005, 1:04 AM GMT+3 (22:04 UTC), 10 km (6 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
3.4 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-04-26 22:04:16 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.400° N, 26.510° 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 usp000dpaw. 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
274°, 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.260 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7826 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 3.326 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7812 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 3.159 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7802 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.769 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7794 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 3.375 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7792 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 3.586 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7790 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 3.235 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7790 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 3.813 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7790 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 3.845 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7790 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 4.096 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7786 days ago · 42 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 3.5117 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7786 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 3.324 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7783 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 3.4Crete, Greece · 7781 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 3.640 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7776 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 3.740 km S of Sitia, Greece · 7776 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 3.335 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7776 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 3.644 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7775 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 3.646 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7775 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 3.334 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7774 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 3.53 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7833 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.687 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7843 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 3.23 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7845 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.13 km SSE of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7845 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 3.32 km SSE of Gra Liyiá, Greece · 7845 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dpaw. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC.