Greece earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake Crete, Greece

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in Crete, Greece on Wed, Nov 22, 2006, 6:12 PM GMT+2 (16:12 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 11 km E of Kastrí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-11-22 16:12:46 UTC
Depth
58.0 km (36.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.790° N, 24.720° 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 usp000eyjn. 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
146°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.322 km E of Pýrgos, Greece · 7254 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 3.219 km NW of Kastrí, Greece · 7252 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 3.17 km N of Kokkíni Cháni, Greece · 7251 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 3.347 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7251 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 3.40 km ENE of Kritsá, Greece · 7249 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.574 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7244 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 3.630 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7242 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 3.313 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7241 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 3.321 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7240 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 2.823 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7239 days ago · 44 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.96 km ENE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7236 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 3.67 km NNE of Káto Goúves, Greece · 7232 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 3.622 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7231 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 3.38 km NNE of Káto Goúves, Greece · 7231 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 3.539 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7231 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 3.4Crete, Greece · 7230 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 3.55 km SSW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7230 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 4.011 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7230 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.852 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7230 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 3.837 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 7227 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 3.642 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7220 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 3.025 km W of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7219 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 3.513 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7215 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 3.119 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7214 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 3.536 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7213 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 3.063 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7205 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 3.423 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7201 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 4.028 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7201 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 3.339 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7200 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 3.032 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7200 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 3.453 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7197 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 3.222 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7255 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 3.414 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7256 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 3.310 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7256 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.912 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7259 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 3.65 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7259 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 3.514 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7260 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 3.425 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7261 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 3.350 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7261 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.550 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7262 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 3.814 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7270 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 3.618 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7270 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 4.196 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7274 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 3.430 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7283 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eyjn. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:50 AM UTC.