Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 102 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 102 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece on Fri, Jun 2, 2006, 7:37 AM GMT+3 (04:37 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 81 km S of Pýrgos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-06-02 04:37:28 UTC
Depth
24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.130° N, 26.090° 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 usp000ejgz. 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
174°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.476 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7422 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 3.437 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7421 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 3.530 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7419 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.166 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7415 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 3.5106 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7413 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.681 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7413 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 3.4109 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.5104 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 3.2102 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 3.3106 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.691 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 3.189 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 3.347 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7404 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 3.132 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7390 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 3.151 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7384 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 3.294 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7378 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 3.534 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7376 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 4.096 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7432 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 3.4Crete, Greece · 7433 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.194 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7433 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 3.821 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7441 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 3.487 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7443 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 3.722 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7443 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 3.313 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7448 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 3.314 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7450 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.692 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7450 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 3.445 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7453 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ejgz. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:31 AM UTC.