Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 27 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 27 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Mon, Oct 24, 2005, 3:07 AM GMT+3 (00:07 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 29 km S of Karpathos, 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
2005-10-24 00:07:47 UTC
Depth
27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.980° N, 26.400° 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 usp000e2pg. 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
142°
Stations used
94

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.320 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7646 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 4.079 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7646 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 3.112 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7638 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.938 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7638 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 3.65 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7636 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 3.847 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7636 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 3.339 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7635 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 3.4109 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7634 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.740 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 7634 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 3.1Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7632 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 3.541 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7631 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 3.329 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7631 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 3.111 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7631 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 3.236 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7630 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.944 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7624 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 3.536 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7623 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 4.223 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7621 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 4.025 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7620 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 4.484 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7613 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 4.381 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7613 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 3.040 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7612 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 3.48 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7602 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 4.829 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7601 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 4.28 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7598 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 3.543 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7595 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 4.239 km N of Fry, Greece · 7588 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 3.331 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7649 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 3.931 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7651 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 4.1109 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7656 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 3.453 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7657 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 3.229 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7657 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 3.440 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7659 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 3.317 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7662 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 3.59 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7666 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 3.143 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7667 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 3.445 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7669 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 3.338 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7670 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 3.348 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7670 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 3.424 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7671 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 3.346 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7673 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 3.442 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7673 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 3.226 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7674 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 4.117 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7674 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 3.313 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 7674 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 3.224 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7677 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 3.437 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7677 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e2pg. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC.