Greece earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 19 km ESE of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 19 km ESE of Fry, Greece on Wed, Feb 22, 2006, 7:38 AM GMT+2 (05:38 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 37 km S of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-02-22 05:38:24 UTC
Depth
22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.340° N, 27.120° 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 usp000eak3. 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
50°
Stations used
188

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.322 km N of Fry, Greece · 7523 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 3.038 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 7518 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 3.671 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7517 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.079 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7514 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 3.6Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7514 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7513 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 3.533 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7508 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.530 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7508 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 3.230 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7503 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 3.340 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7501 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.934 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7492 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.338 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7489 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 3.341 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7489 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 3.834 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7487 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7487 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 3.427 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7485 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 3.219 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7484 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 3.325 km ENE of Palekastro, Greece · 7483 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 5.337 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 3.531 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 3.417 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 3.532 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7478 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 3.822 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7477 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  24. 3.554 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7477 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 3.435 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7474 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 3.216 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7472 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 3.641 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7529 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 3.130 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7530 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 3.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7532 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 3.814 km E of Fry, Greece · 7539 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 3.211 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7542 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.259 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7542 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 3.13 km WNW of Sitia, Greece · 7542 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.449 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7544 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 3.021 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7544 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 3.015 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7546 days ago · 36 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 3.426 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 3.315 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 4.150 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eak3. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC.