M3.3 earthquake 37 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 37 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece on Sat, Dec 24, 2005, 12:59 AM GMT+2 (22:59 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 98 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-12-23 22:59:08 UTC
- Depth
- 32.0 km (19.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.870° N, 26.170° 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 usp000e6qt. 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
- 221°, 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 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.527 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7587 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.247 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7586 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.215 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7585 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.051 km N of Eloúnda, Greece · 7585 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.043 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7579 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.444 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7575 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.098 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7568 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.143 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7563 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7562 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.6125 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7561 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.232 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7560 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.620 km ENE of Palekastro, Greece · 7557 days ago · 75 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.48 km NNW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 7557 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.482 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7556 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.13 km WNW of Sitia, Greece · 7542 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.19 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7542 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.913 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7542 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.130 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7530 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.641 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7529 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 3.543 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7595 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.28 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7598 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.320 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7604 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.040 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7612 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.381 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7613 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.484 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7613 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.343 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7614 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.334 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7614 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.531 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7614 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.5110 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7616 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2113 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7616 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e6qt. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.