M2.9 earthquake 2 km SSE of Verdikoússa, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Verdikoússa, Greece on Tue, Apr 26, 2005, 3:58 AM GMT+3 (00:58 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 6 km NW of Áno Kalentíni, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-04-26 00:58:41 UTC
- Depth
- 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.760° N, 21.990° 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 usp000dp8e. 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
- 153°
- 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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.110 km SSW of Tsarítsani, Greece · 7829 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.115 km NNW of Anthiró, Greece · 7828 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.19 km WNW of Áno Kalentíni, Greece · 7828 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.25 km W of Áno Kalentíni, Greece · 7828 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.16 km NW of Áno Kalentíni, Greece · 7828 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.211 km E of Áno Kalentíni, Greece · 7826 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.017 km NE of Kerasochóri, Greece · 7824 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.119 km ENE of Kerasochóri, Greece · 7822 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.14 km SSE of Voulgaréli, Greece · 7815 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.94 km WSW of Morfovoúni, Greece · 7809 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.04 km W of Morfovoúni, Greece · 7809 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.13 km NNW of Sfendámi, Greece · 7806 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.317 km SW of Kallíthiro, Greece · 7794 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.60 km NW of Kerasochóri, Greece · 7791 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.37 km SW of Kerasochóri, Greece · 7788 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.011 km SSW of Agiá, Greece · 7786 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.17 km N of Lianokládhion, Greece · 7780 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.22 km ESE of Spercheiáda, Greece · 7774 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.10 km W of Áno Kalentíni, Greece · 7773 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.311 km SSW of Prámanta, Greece · 7773 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.08 km E of Kerasochóri, Greece · 7772 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 3.113 km SSW of Elassóna, Greece · 7829 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.89 km SSW of Elassóna, Greece · 7829 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.13 km WSW of Karpochóri, Greece · 7842 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.919 km SSW of Morfovoúni, Greece · 7845 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.21 km ENE of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 7848 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.010 km SSW of Mouzáki, Greece · 7854 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.310 km WNW of Makrakómi, Greece · 7855 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dp8e. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:09 AM UTC.