Greece earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 47 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 47 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 6:00 AM GMT+2 (04:00 UTC), 5 km (3 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
3.8 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-11-05 04:00:58 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.790° 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 usp000e3hp. 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
233°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.339 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7635 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 3.4109 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7635 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.740 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 7634 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 3.541 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7632 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 3.329 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7631 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 3.111 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7631 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 3.236 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7630 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.944 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7624 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 3.536 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7623 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 4.223 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7621 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 4.025 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7620 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 4.2113 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7616 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 3.5110 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7616 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 4.484 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7614 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.381 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7613 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 3.040 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7612 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 4.829 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7601 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.28 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7598 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 3.543 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7595 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 3.337 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 7587 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 3.527 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7587 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 3.247 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7586 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 3.215 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7585 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 3.043 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7579 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 3.65 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7636 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.938 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7638 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 3.112 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7638 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.079 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7646 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 3.320 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7646 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.027 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7648 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 3.331 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7649 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 3.931 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7651 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 4.1109 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7656 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 3.229 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7658 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 3.597 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7658 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 3.440 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7659 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 3.317 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7662 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 4.691 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7666 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e3hp. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC.