Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake Crete, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck in Crete, Greece on Thu, Nov 30, 2006, 4:13 AM GMT+2 (02:13 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 32 km S of Fry, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-11-30 02:13:50 UTC
Depth
32.0 km (19.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.710° N, 26.510° 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 usp000ez6k. 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
190°, 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.022 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7247 days ago · 122 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.140 km S of Fry, Greece · 7245 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 3.559 km S of Fry, Greece · 7241 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 3.026 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7241 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 3.418 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7239 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 3.415 km N of Fry, Greece · 7237 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 3.312 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7235 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 3.633 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 7231 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 3.417 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7229 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 3.136 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7225 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 4.632 km S of Fry, Greece · 7223 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 3.129 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7212 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.917 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7210 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 3.435 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7210 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 3.534 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7204 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 3.125 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7201 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 3.218 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7198 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 3.234 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7194 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 3.435 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7194 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 3.635 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7193 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 3.129 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7191 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 3.140 km ESE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7189 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 3.40 km ENE of Kritsá, Greece · 7249 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 3.339 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7252 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 3.58 km N of Fry, Greece · 7254 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 3.458 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7259 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.231 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7259 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 3.019 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7267 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 3.123 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7267 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ez6k. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:25 AM UTC.