Greece earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake Crete, Greece

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in Crete, Greece on Fri, Dec 1, 2006, 4:26 AM GMT+2 (02:26 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 102 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-12-01 02:26:37 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.500° N, 23.410° 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 usp000ez8x. 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
87°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.763 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7245 days ago · 114 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 3.143 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7240 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 3.249 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 7239 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 3.339 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7238 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 3.625 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7238 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 3.445 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7237 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 3.2Crete, Greece · 7235 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 3.769 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7234 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.137 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7231 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.740 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7230 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.55 km SSW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7229 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 3.738 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7221 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 3.015 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7218 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 3.230 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7216 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 3.784 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7215 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 3.241 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7206 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 3.8112 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7204 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 3.413 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7202 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 3.828 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7201 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 4.367 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7201 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 3.311 km SW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7200 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  22. 3.718 km NW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7198 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 4.8102 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7197 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 3.327 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7190 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  25. 4.647 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7190 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 3.050 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7190 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 3.1central Mediterranean Sea · 7188 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 3.422 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 7187 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 3.522 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 7247 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 3.021 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.926 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.924 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 3.220 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 3.332 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 3.336 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7250 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 4.528 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7250 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 3.219 km NW of Kastrí, Greece · 7251 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 3.318 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7252 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 3.65 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7258 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 3.722 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7260 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 3.540 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7260 days ago · 54 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 3.159 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece · 7265 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 3.080 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7267 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 3.735 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7268 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 3.348 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7269 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 4.295 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7274 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ez8x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC.