Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 79 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 79 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece on Mon, Mar 6, 2006, 10:46 PM GMT+2 (20:46 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 37 km S of Karpathos, 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
2006-03-06 20:46:29 UTC
Depth
59.6 km (37.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.352° N, 28.067° 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 usp000ebjs. 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
125°
Stations used
66

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.6Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7515 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7514 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 3.530 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7509 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.230 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7504 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.934 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7493 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 3.834 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7488 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7488 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 3.219 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7485 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 5.337 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7481 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 3.531 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.417 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 3.532 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7479 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 3.822 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7478 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 3.435 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7475 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 3.216 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7473 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 3.038 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 7518 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.519 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 7527 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.641 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7530 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 3.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7533 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 3.814 km E of Fry, Greece · 7540 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 3.083 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7540 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 3.211 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7543 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.259 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7543 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ebjs. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC.