Greece earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 59 km SE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 59 km SE of Karpathos, Greece on Mon, Feb 6, 2006, 2:43 PM GMT+2 (12:43 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 19 km ESE of Fry, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-02-06 12:43:52 UTC
Depth
26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.170° N, 27.720° 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 usp000e9mr. 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
194°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.211 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7542 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 3.814 km E of Fry, Greece · 7539 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7532 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.641 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7529 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 4.519 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 7527 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 3.322 km N of Fry, Greece · 7523 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 3.038 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 7518 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.079 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7514 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 3.6Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7514 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7513 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 3.530 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7508 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 3.230 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7503 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 3.340 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7501 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.934 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7492 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 4.338 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7489 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 3.341 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7489 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 3.834 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7487 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7487 days ago · 27 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 3.219 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7484 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 3.021 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7544 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 3.015 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7546 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 3.426 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 3.315 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.150 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 3.417 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7562 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 3.61 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7569 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 3.638 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7571 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e9mr. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC.