M3.0 earthquake 1 km WSW of Polýgyros, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 1 km WSW of Polýgyros, Greece on Thu, Dec 22, 2005, 9:16 AM GMT+2 (07:16 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 14 km W of Chrysochórafa, 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
- 2005-12-22 07:16:16 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.370° N, 23.420° 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 usp000e6kv. 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
- 191°, 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.18 km SSW of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7589 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.131 km WSW of Kassándreia, Greece · 7588 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.339 km ENE of Zagorá, Greece · 7584 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.225 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7577 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.914 km W of Chrysochórafa, Greece · 7566 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.78 km NNW of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7561 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.036 km ENE of Zagorá, Greece · 7551 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.122 km WSW of Limenária, Greece · 7550 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.02 km N of Ierissós, Greece · 7531 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 3.143 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 7594 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.96 km ENE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7598 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.59 km ENE of Sárti, Greece · 7603 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.314 km SSW of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7607 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.13 km SE of Ormýlia, Greece · 7607 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.114 km SSW of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7607 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.914 km ESE of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece · 7607 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.411 km E of Korinós, Greece · 7611 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.131 km SE of Karyes, Greece · 7612 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e6kv. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC.