Greece earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake Crete, Greece

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in Crete, Greece on Mon, Apr 3, 2006, 7:57 AM GMT+3 (04:57 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 34 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-04-03 04:57:04 UTC
Depth
28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.340° N, 23.020° 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 usp000edka. 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
207°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

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 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.226 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 7481 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 3.434 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7478 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.832 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7455 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.9121 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7453 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.434 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7445 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 3.556 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7445 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 3.15 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7443 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.329 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7441 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 3.246 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7439 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.936 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7435 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 3.629 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7433 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 3.557 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 7489 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 3.9110 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7505 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 3.816 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7506 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.929 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7507 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 3.685 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7508 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 3.790 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7515 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000edka. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.