Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 66 km S of Pýrgos, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 66 km S of Pýrgos, Greece on Mon, Aug 29, 2005, 10:19 PM GMT+3 (19:19 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 111 km S of Ierápetra, Greece. 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
2005-08-29 19:19:45 UTC
Depth
39.0 km (24.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.410° N, 25.240° 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 usp000dy9s. 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
256°, 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: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.1111 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7703 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.3eastern Mediterranean Sea · 7702 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 4.5110 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7702 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.422 km WSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7698 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 3.827 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7698 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 3.524 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7697 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.632 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7695 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 3.327 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7693 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 3.129 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7693 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 3.230 km SW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7691 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.488 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7690 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 3.5101 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7689 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 3.757 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7684 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 3.138 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7679 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 3.442 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7676 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 3.346 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7676 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 3.348 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7673 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 3.338 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7673 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 3.445 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7672 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 3.143 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7670 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 4.691 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7669 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 3.440 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7662 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 3.339 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7662 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 3.597 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7661 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 3.931 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7654 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 3.584 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7651 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 4.079 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7649 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 4.354 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7647 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away

Before

  1. 2.969 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7710 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 3.134 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7712 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 3.658 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7717 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 3.323 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7720 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 4.153 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7720 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 3.26 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7720 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 3.442 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7721 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 3.59 km SW of Tympáki, Greece · 7722 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 3.530 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 7723 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 3.2101 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7726 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 3.596 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7730 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 3.315 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 7736 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dy9s. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:56 PM UTC.