M2.5 earthquake 32 km SSW of Pefkochóri, Greece
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 32 km SSW of Pefkochóri, Greece on Sat, May 21, 2005, 8:00 AM GMT+3 (05:00 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 31 km SE of Sykiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-05-21 05:00:33 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.710° N, 23.480° 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 usp000dr92. 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
- 344°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.910 km W of Argalastí, Greece · 7804 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.29 km NNW of Mantoúdi, Greece · 7798 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.0Greece · 7798 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.910 km NNW of Mantoúdi, Greece · 7796 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.043 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 7795 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.89 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7794 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.72 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 7794 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.715 km E of Istiaía, Greece · 7792 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.346 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7789 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.917 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7789 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.87 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7789 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.17 km ENE of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7787 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.011 km SSW of Agiá, Greece · 7787 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.210 km NNE of Roviés, Greece · 7782 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Límni, Greece · 7780 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.531 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 7779 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.91 km SSE of Arnaía, Greece · 7779 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.732 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7772 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.810 km NW of Skópelos, Greece · 7766 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.424 km ESE of Sykiá, Greece · 7759 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.3Aegean Sea · 7756 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.1Aegean Sea · 7754 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.139 km NNW of Patitírion, Greece · 7753 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.19 km NE of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7753 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.027 km SSE of Skópelos, Greece · 7751 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.939 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 7750 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 3.17 km NE of Néa Fókaia, Greece · 7807 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.96 km NE of Tríkeri, Greece · 7817 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.356 km WSW of Mýrina, Greece · 7822 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.916 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7823 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.1Aegean Sea · 7827 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dr92. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC.