Greece earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 26 km ENE of Samothráki, Greece

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 26 km ENE of Samothráki, Greece on Fri, Aug 26, 2005, 10:55 AM GMT+3 (07:55 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 40 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-08-26 07:55:26 UTC
Depth
26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.530° N, 25.830° 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 usp000dy30. 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
238°, 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.037 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7706 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.235 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7699 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 3.37 km W of Alexandroupoli, Greece · 7677 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 3.126 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7672 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 3.040 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7659 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 3.540 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7653 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.746 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7652 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 3.141 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7707 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.143 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7708 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.736 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7709 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 3.826 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7709 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 3.037 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7709 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.746 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7709 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.037 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 7728 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dy30. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.