M3.0 earthquake 1 km N of Ptolema?da, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 1 km N of Ptolema?da, Greece on Thu, Nov 10, 2005, 1:18 AM GMT+2 (23:18 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 2 km WSW of Ersekë, Albania. 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
- 2005-11-09 23:18:53 UTC
- Depth
- 19.0 km (11.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.530° N, 21.680° 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 usp000e3v4. 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
- 95°
- Stations used
- 8
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
- 3.23 km SW of Komniná, Greece · 7631 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.79 km N of Akriní, Greece · 7631 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.28 km S of Kónitsa, Greece · 7628 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.115 km E of Korinós, Greece · 7623 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.211 km E of Korinós, Greece · 7623 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.4Greece-Albania border region · 7616 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.411 km E of Korinós, Greece · 7612 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.22 km WSW of Ersekë, Albania · 7607 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.515 km SW of Flórina, Greece · 7586 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 3.14 km WNW of Kleítos, Greece · 7631 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.14 km NE of Ptolema?da, Greece · 7632 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.15 km SW of Argos Orestiko, Greece · 7639 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.71 km W of Mesopotamía, Greece · 7639 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.11 km S of Anatolikó, Greece · 7646 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.40 km ENE of Anatolikó, Greece · 7646 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.30 km ESE of Anatolikó, Greece · 7647 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.113 km SSE of Grevená, Greece · 7649 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.67 km WSW of Krani, North Macedonia · 7658 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e3v4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:50 AM UTC.