M3.1 earthquake 43 km S of Sykiá, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 43 km S of Sykiá, Greece on Sat, Dec 17, 2005, 3:29 AM GMT+2 (01:29 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 16 km ENE of Istiaía, 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
- 2005-12-17 01:29:26 UTC
- Depth
- 36.0 km (22.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.650° N, 24.020° 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 usp000e69z. 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
- 145°
- 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: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.017 km E of Mantoúdi, Greece · 7590 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.535 km NNW of Patitírion, Greece · 7589 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.01 km WSW of Polýgyros, Greece · 7589 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.18 km SSW of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7589 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.131 km WSW of Kassándreia, Greece · 7588 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.316 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7587 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.110 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 7587 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.19 km NNE of Istiaía, Greece · 7587 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.217 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7587 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.219 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7587 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.216 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7587 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.015 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7587 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.1Aegean Sea · 7587 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.2Aegean Sea · 7587 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.35 km E of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 7585 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.918 km SSW of Skiáthos, Greece · 7585 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.712 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7585 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.58 km NNE of Istiaía, Greece · 7585 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.715 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7585 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.339 km ENE of Zagorá, Greece · 7584 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.040 km SSE of Karyes, Greece · 7578 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.011 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7578 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.225 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7577 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.212 km W of Skýros, Greece · 7571 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.78 km NNW of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7561 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.110 km ESE of Zagorá, Greece · 7560 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.212 km N of Mantoúdi, Greece · 7553 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.011 km N of Mantoúdi, Greece · 7553 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.718 km S of Skiáthos, Greece · 7553 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.036 km ENE of Zagorá, Greece · 7551 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.645 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 7549 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.543 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 7549 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.1Aegean Sea · 7549 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.927 km WNW of Skýros, Greece · 7545 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 3.046 km WSW of Mýrina, Greece · 7595 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.96 km ENE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7598 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.59 km ENE of Sárti, Greece · 7603 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.314 km SSW of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7607 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.13 km SE of Ormýlia, Greece · 7607 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.230 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 7607 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.114 km SSW of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7607 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.914 km ESE of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece · 7607 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.131 km SE of Karyes, Greece · 7612 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.914 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 7615 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.112 km SSE of Kassándreia, Greece · 7622 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.130 km SE of Karyes, Greece · 7623 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e69z. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:50 PM UTC.