Greece earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake Crete, Greece

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck in Crete, Greece on Mon, Mar 27, 2006, 5:32 AM GMT+3 (02:32 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 21 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-03-27 02:32:00 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.120° N, 25.060° 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 usp000ed1q. 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
277°, 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.032 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7494 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 3.230 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7493 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 3.459 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7490 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.439 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 7489 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 3.423 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7484 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.341 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7470 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 3.415 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 7446 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 3.231 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7446 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 3.487 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7442 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 3.821 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7441 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 4.195 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7495 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 3.5108 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7496 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 3.1120 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7500 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 3.226 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7503 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.932 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7504 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 3.036 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7506 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.1121 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7507 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 3.147 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 7510 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.242 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7510 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 3.222 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 7524 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ed1q. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:18 PM UTC.