Greece earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 38 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 38 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece on Mon, Dec 5, 2005, 8:21 PM GMT+2 (18:21 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 8 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-12-05 18:21:56 UTC
Depth
18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.670° N, 25.040° 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 usp000e5kq. 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
213°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.320 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7604 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 3.525 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7603 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 3.146 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7603 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.131 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7603 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 3.230 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7601 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 3.330 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7601 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.28 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7598 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 3.324 km SW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7594 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 3.818 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7593 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 3.138 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7585 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 3.043 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7579 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 4.098 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7568 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 3.232 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7560 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 3.48 km NNW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 7557 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 3.482 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7556 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 3.56 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7607 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.316 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7608 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 3.347 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7609 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.381 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7613 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.484 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7614 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 3.343 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7615 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 3.334 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7615 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 4.531 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7615 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 4.4113 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7616 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 3.119 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7624 days ago · 51 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.925 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7624 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 3.522 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 7624 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 3.3Crete, Greece · 7632 days ago · 56 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 3.825 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7632 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e5kq. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC.