Greece earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 32 km S of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 32 km S of Fry, Greece on Sun, Dec 24, 2006, 12:26 PM GMT+2 (10:26 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-12-24 10:26:29 UTC
Depth
18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.120° N, 26.900° 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 usp000f0wc. 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
52°
Stations used
281

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.365 km S of Fry, Greece · 7219 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 3.129 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7212 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.319 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7211 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.917 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7210 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 3.435 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7209 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 3.534 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7203 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 3.231 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7202 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 3.218 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7198 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 3.234 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7193 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 3.435 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7193 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.635 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7192 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.234 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7176 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 3.28 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7176 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 3.535 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7175 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 3.538 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7175 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 3.419 km N of Fry, Greece · 7174 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 3.245 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7173 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 3.236 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7170 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 3.329 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7170 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 3.576 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7168 days ago · 84 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 3.620 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7167 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 3.618 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7165 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 3.039 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7165 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 3.198 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7165 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 3.143 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7164 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 3.417 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7228 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 3.633 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 7230 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 3.076 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7231 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 3.451 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7234 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 3.312 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7234 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 3.190 km S of Fry, Greece · 7234 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 3.415 km N of Fry, Greece · 7236 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 3.874 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7237 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 3.481 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7238 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 3.279 km S of Fry, Greece · 7238 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 3.418 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7238 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 3.761 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7239 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 3.026 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7240 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 3.559 km S of Fry, Greece · 7241 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 3.321 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7241 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 3.140 km S of Fry, Greece · 7244 days ago · 65 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 4.4Crete, Greece · 7244 days ago · 87 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 3.0Crete, Greece · 7247 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 3.891 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7251 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 3.339 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7251 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f0wc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:40 PM UTC.