M4.1 earthquake 121 km S of Ierápetra, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 121 km S of Ierápetra, Greece on Tue, Mar 14, 2006, 5:02 PM GMT+2 (15:02 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-03-14 15:02:29 UTC
- Depth
- 20.2 km (12.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.921° N, 25.812° 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 usp000ec5a. 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
- 187°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1120 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7500 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.5108 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7496 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.195 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7495 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.3Crete, Greece · 7494 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.230 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7493 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.459 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7490 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.341 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7469 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.692 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7450 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ec5a. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC.