M3.4 earthquake 82 km S of Ierápetra, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 82 km S of Ierápetra, Greece on Mon, Jan 23, 2006, 11:57 PM GMT+2 (21:57 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 121 km S of Ierápetra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-01-23 21:57:34 UTC
- Depth
- 38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.270° N, 25.840° 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 usp000e8rk. 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
- 252°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.19 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7543 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.913 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7543 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.671 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7517 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1121 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7507 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.226 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7503 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.1120 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7500 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 3.232 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7561 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.6125 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7562 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.143 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7563 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.098 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7569 days ago · 62 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.444 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7576 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.043 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7579 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.138 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7585 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e8rk. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:47 AM UTC.