M3.4 earthquake 17 km S of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 17 km S of Karpathos, Greece on Mon, Apr 10, 2006, 6:09 AM GMT+3 (03:09 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 34 km SSW of Fry, 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
- 2006-04-10 03:09:23 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.350° N, 27.220° 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 usp000ee2e. 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
- 210°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.532 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7479 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.822 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7478 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.554 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7478 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.435 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7475 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.216 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7473 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.826 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7463 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.454 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7452 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.219 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7451 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.832 km S of Fry, Greece · 7451 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.929 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7450 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.313 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7449 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.133 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7448 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.334 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7448 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.547 km S of Fry, Greece · 7445 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.155 km S of Fry, Greece · 7445 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.137 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7444 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.329 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7443 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.732 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7424 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 3.531 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.337 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7481 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.325 km ENE of Palekastro, Greece · 7483 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.219 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7485 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.427 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7485 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7488 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.834 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7488 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.341 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7490 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.338 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7490 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.934 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7493 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.340 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7502 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.230 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7504 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.530 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7509 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ee2e. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC.