M3.5 earthquake 8 km ESE of Paralía Vérgas, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 8 km ESE of Paralía Vérgas, Greece on Mon, Oct 24, 2005, 10:21 PM GMT+3 (19:21 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 42 km S of Methóni, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-10-24 19:21:47 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.970° N, 22.240° 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 usp000e2rt. 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
- 196°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.51 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 7645 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.64 km NNW of Methóni, Greece · 7644 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.14 km SE of Epitálio, Greece · 7639 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.742 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7639 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.046 km S of Gýtheio, Greece · 7635 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.211 km S of Megalópoli, Greece · 7627 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.56 km SSW of Chóra, Greece · 7621 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.417 km SW of Gargaliánoi, Greece · 7618 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Megalópoli, Greece · 7617 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.118 km WSW of Karyés, Greece · 7612 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.016 km E of Leonídio, Greece · 7610 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.024 km SSW of Koróni, Greece · 7603 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.17 km W of Langádhia, Greece · 7602 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.655 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7595 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.521 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 7590 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.12 km ESE of Kréstena, Greece · 7590 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 3.214 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7648 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.35 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece · 7653 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.47 km SE of Kréstena, Greece · 7654 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.918 km SW of Epitálio, Greece · 7654 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.861 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7656 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.64 km N of Lálas, Greece · 7663 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.25 km ESE of Lálas, Greece · 7664 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.39 km E of Lálas, Greece · 7664 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.228 km S of Géfyra, Greece · 7664 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.211 km SE of Methóni, Greece · 7668 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.15 km E of Arfará, Greece · 7669 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.237 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7675 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.870 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7675 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.410 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7676 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.511 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7677 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e2rt. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.