M3.3 earthquake 27 km SSE of Géfyra, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 27 km SSE of Géfyra, Greece on Sat, Mar 4, 2006, 11:20 PM GMT+2 (21:20 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 57 km E of Géfyra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-03-04 21:20:17 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.460° N, 23.150° 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 usp000ebdr. 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
- 104°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.458 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 7510 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.929 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7509 days ago · 51 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.810 km ENE of Moláoi, Greece · 7508 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.169 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7507 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.859 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7494 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.459 km W of Mílos, Greece · 7494 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.557 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 7491 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.857 km E of Géfyra, Greece · 7489 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.226 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 7483 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.434 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7480 days ago · 49 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.510 km W of Asopós, Greece · 7476 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.25 km SSW of Káto Glykóvrysi, Greece · 7475 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.09 km W of Asopós, Greece · 7475 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.443 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7473 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 3.059 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7525 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.940 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7529 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.066 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7534 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.516 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7534 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.147 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 7534 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.534 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7536 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.438 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 7542 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.469 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7542 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.813 km SW of Géfyra, Greece · 7545 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.437 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 7548 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ebdr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:46 PM UTC.