Greece earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 19 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 19 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece on Fri, Jul 21, 2006, 7:59 AM GMT+3 (04:59 UTC), 16 km (10 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
3.4 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-07-21 04:59:48 UTC
Depth
16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.360° N, 27.330° 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 usp000ep7z. 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
214°, 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: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.395 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7375 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.629 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7363 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 3.337 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7363 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 3.619 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 7361 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 3.441 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7361 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 3.233 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7355 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 3.259 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7354 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 3.527 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7352 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 3.849 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7351 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 3.341 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7350 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 3.825 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7350 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 5.126 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7346 days ago · 31 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 3.328 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7345 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 3.48 km WSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7345 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7343 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 3.147 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 3.218 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 3.31 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 3.313 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7343 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.943 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7342 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.942 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7342 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 3.720 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7338 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 4.051 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7333 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 3.549 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7328 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 3.318 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7327 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 3.2eastern Mediterranean Sea · 7326 days ago · 56 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 3.340 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7323 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 3.437 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7322 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7320 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 2.957 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7379 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 3.644 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7380 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 3.141 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7380 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 3.332 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7385 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 4.332 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7385 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 3.782 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7389 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 3.817 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7394 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 3.644 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 7400 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 3.239 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7402 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 4.316 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7403 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 3.347 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7403 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 3.64 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7405 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 4.058 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7407 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 3.125 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7408 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ep7z. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:47 PM UTC.