M3.5 earthquake 59 km S of Fry, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 59 km S of Fry, Greece on Wed, Dec 6, 2006, 5:57 AM GMT+2 (03:57 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 32 km S of Fry, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-12-06 03:57:48 UTC
- Depth
- 42.0 km (26.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.880° N, 26.890° 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 usp000ezmj. 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
- 233°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.026 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7240 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.761 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7239 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.418 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7238 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.279 km S of Fry, Greece · 7237 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.481 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7237 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.874 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7236 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.415 km N of Fry, Greece · 7236 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.190 km S of Fry, Greece · 7234 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.312 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7234 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.451 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7234 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.076 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7230 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.633 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 7230 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.417 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7228 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.4120 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7222 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.632 km S of Fry, Greece · 7222 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.365 km S of Fry, Greece · 7218 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.319 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7211 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7209 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.231 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7202 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.218 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7197 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.355 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7189 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 3.321 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7241 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.140 km S of Fry, Greece · 7244 days ago · 65 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4Crete, Greece · 7244 days ago · 87 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.7117 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7246 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.0Crete, Greece · 7246 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.891 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7250 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.58 km N of Fry, Greece · 7252 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.788 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7257 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.231 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7258 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.5Crete, Greece · 7259 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.791 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7259 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.657 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7260 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.761 km S of Fry, Greece · 7269 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.366 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7269 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ezmj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:54 AM UTC.