Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 51 km NW of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 51 km NW of Fry, Greece on Sun, Sep 3, 2006, 11:58 PM GMT+3 (20:58 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 24 km SE of Fry, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (ML, local (Richter)), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-09-03 20:58:32 UTC
Depth
16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.780° N, 26.570° 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 usp000esdx. 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
103°
Stations used
24

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 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.549 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7329 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 3.318 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7327 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 3.340 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7324 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 3.437 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7322 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7321 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 3.124 km SE of Emporeío, Greece · 7320 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 3.612 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7317 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 3.430 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7316 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 3.132 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7314 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 3.236 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7314 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 3.159 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7314 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 3.37 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7313 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 3.729 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7312 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 3.533 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7310 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.223 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7308 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 3.125 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7306 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 3.033 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7304 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 3.139 km SE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7304 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 3.223 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7301 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 3.235 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7298 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 4.28 km S of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 3.33 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 3.219 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7288 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 3.142 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 7287 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 3.262 km NNE of Sísion, Greece · 7284 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 4.524 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 3.616 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 3.267 km SE of Emporeío, Greece · 7281 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 3.720 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7339 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.942 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.943 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 3.313 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7343 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 3.31 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7344 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 3.218 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7344 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 3.147 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7344 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7344 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 3.48 km WSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7345 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 3.328 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7346 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 5.126 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7346 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 3.825 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7350 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 3.341 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7351 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 3.849 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7351 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 3.527 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7353 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 3.259 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7355 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 3.233 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7355 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 3.231 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7358 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 4.030 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7358 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 3.441 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7361 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000esdx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:06 AM UTC.