Greece earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 44 km N of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 44 km N of Karpathos, Greece on Wed, Jul 19, 2006, 12:41 PM GMT+3 (09:41 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 26 km SE of Fry, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-07-19 09:41:06 UTC
Depth
18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.910° N, 27.190° 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 usp000ep2z. 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
85°
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: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.957 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7380 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 3.419 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7378 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 3.522 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7372 days ago · 129 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 3.629 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7364 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 3.337 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7363 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 3.751 km S of Astypálaia, Greece · 7363 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 3.619 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 7362 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 3.441 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7361 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 3.312 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 7360 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 4.030 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7358 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 3.231 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7358 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 3.233 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7355 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 3.259 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7355 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 3.527 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7353 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.849 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7351 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 3.341 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7351 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 3.825 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7350 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 5.126 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7346 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 3.328 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7346 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 3.48 km WSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7346 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7344 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 3.147 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7344 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 3.218 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7344 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 3.31 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7344 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 3.313 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7343 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 2.943 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  27. 2.942 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 3.720 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7339 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 3.99 km NE of Mandráki, Greece · 7334 days ago · 124 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 4.051 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7334 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 3.549 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7329 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 4.520 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 7328 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 3.318 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7327 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 3.2eastern Mediterranean Sea · 7326 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 3.340 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7324 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
  36. 3.437 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7322 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7321 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 3.141 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7380 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 3.332 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7386 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 4.332 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7386 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.112 km SE of Mandráki, Greece · 7390 days ago · 119 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 3.817 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7395 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.210 km E of Lárdos, Greece · 7397 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.918 km W of Datça, Turkey · 7401 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 3.239 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7402 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.810 km SSE of Datça, Turkey · 7404 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 3.64 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7406 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 3.125 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7408 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ep2z. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:18 AM UTC.