Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 29 km N of Psará, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 29 km N of Psará, Greece on Mon, May 16, 2005, 3:51 AM GMT+3 (00:51 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 Near the coast of western Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-05-16 00:51:07 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.800° N, 25.620° 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 usp000dqxb. 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
161°
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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.129 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 7808 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 3.127 km WNW of Psará, Greece · 7808 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 3.233 km NNW of Psará, Greece · 7807 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 3.334 km NNW of Psará, Greece · 7807 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 3.137 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 7807 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 3.131 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 7807 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 3.228 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 7807 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 3.122 km N of Psará, Greece · 7807 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 3.5Near the coast of western Turkey · 7790 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 3.022 km W of Vrontádos, Greece · 7790 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 3.17 km NNE of Çe?me, Turkey · 7784 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 3.210 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7783 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.228 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 7782 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 3.318 km S of Polichnítos, Greece · 7770 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 3.210 km SSW of Plomári, Greece · 7763 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 3.211 km SSE of Eresós, Greece · 7762 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 3.04 km NE of Psará, Greece · 7759 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 3.315 km E of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7750 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 3.132 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 7813 days ago · 50 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 3.226 km NNW of Psará, Greece · 7813 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 3.425 km N of Psará, Greece · 7813 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 3.310 km NNE of Míthymna, Greece · 7815 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.110 km NNE of Míthymna, Greece · 7816 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 3.518 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 7816 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 3.96 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 7816 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 3.39 km N of Míthymna, Greece · 7816 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 3.513 km N of Míthymna, Greece · 7817 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 3.45 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 7817 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 3.313 km SE of Psará, Greece · 7817 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 3.110 km S of Psará, Greece · 7819 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 3.225 km N of Psará, Greece · 7821 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 2.615 km NE of Mantamádos, Greece · 7827 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.514 km SSE of Eresós, Greece · 7828 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dqxb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:03 PM UTC.