M3.0 earthquake 2 km WNW of Paramythiá, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 2 km WNW of Paramythiá, Greece on Tue, Aug 9, 2005, 11:45 PM GMT+3 (20:45 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 31 km SSW of Gáïos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-08-09 20:45:52 UTC
- Depth
- 26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.480° N, 20.480° 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 usp000dx12. 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
- 124°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.26 km S of Paramythiá, Greece · 7722 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.113 km ENE of Kríkellos, Greece · 7720 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.016 km WNW of Kerasochóri, Greece · 7706 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.3Greece-Albania border region · 7703 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.223 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7699 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.231 km SSW of Gáïos, Greece · 7698 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.72 km NE of Ioánnina, Greece · 7694 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.34 km E of Anthiró, Greece · 7692 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.131 km SSW of Gáïos, Greece · 7689 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.025 km S of Gáïos, Greece · 7689 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.125 km SSW of Gáïos, Greece · 7689 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.227 km S of Gáïos, Greece · 7689 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.63 km SW of Kríkellos, Greece · 7689 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.19 km E of Pérama, Greece · 7687 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.13 km S of Kalpáki, Greece · 7685 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.510 km NE of Párga, Greece · 7684 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.35 km WSW of Paramythiá, Greece · 7683 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.08 km SSW of Paramythiá, Greece · 7681 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.324 km N of Metsovo, Greece · 7678 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.319 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7674 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.29 km SSW of Kónitsa, Greece · 7670 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.215 km SW of Néos Oropós, Greece · 7669 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.34 km NNE of Gáïos, Greece · 7666 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 3.417 km SSW of Himarë, Albania · 7726 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.311 km W of Lefkáda, Greece · 7726 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.39 km WNW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7726 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.014 km N of Prámanta, Greece · 7730 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.017 km W of Kalpáki, Greece · 7730 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Pérama, Greece · 7731 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.22 km NNE of Archontochóri, Greece · 7732 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.45 km NNE of Himarë, Albania · 7735 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.04 km W of Vónitsa, Greece · 7738 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.82 km NE of Archontochóri, Greece · 7739 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.02 km NNW of Amfilochía, Greece · 7739 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.12 km WNW of Amfilochía, Greece · 7741 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.520 km WSW of Kalpáki, Greece · 7743 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.127 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7753 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dx12. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC.