M3.6 earthquake 48 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 48 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece on Sun, Jun 6, 1999, 5:35 AM GMT+3 (02:35 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 47 km S of Mandráki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-06-06 02:35:30 UTC
- Depth
- 36.0 km (22.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.620° N, 26.400° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.728 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 9981 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.247 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 9974 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.737 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 9969 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.046 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 9954 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.023 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 9950 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.523 km NE of Schísma Eloúndas, Greece · 9948 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.742 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 9945 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.854 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9944 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.036 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 9934 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.559 km N of Sitia, Greece · 9928 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.548 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 9923 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00099c6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC.