M3.1 earthquake 40 km NW of Psará, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 40 km NW of Psará, Greece on Tue, Nov 15, 2005, 8:59 PM GMT+2 (18:59 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 41 km WNW of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-11-15 18:59:04 UTC
- Depth
- 51.0 km (31.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.790° N, 25.220° 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 usp000e48k. 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
- 70°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.28 km S of Polichnítos, Greece · 7614 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.541 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7610 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.230 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 7608 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.026 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 7607 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.931 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 7607 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.141 km SSW of Psará, Greece · 7605 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.936 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 7603 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.212 km W of Skýros, Greece · 7572 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 3.354 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 7630 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.630 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 7635 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.415 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7637 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.413 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7639 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.915 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 7652 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e48k. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC.