Greece earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 95 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 95 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece on Mon, Jul 24, 2006, 10:38 AM GMT+3 (07:38 UTC), 6 km (4 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
3.3 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-07-24 07:38:51 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.740° N, 27.690° 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 usp000epfa. 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
303°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.337 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7363 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.5128 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7363 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 3.527 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7352 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 3.825 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7350 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 5.126 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7346 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 3.48 km WSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7345 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.218 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 3.31 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 3.720 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7338 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 3.318 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7327 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.612 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7317 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 3.430 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7316 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 3.419 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7378 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.782 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7390 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 3.817 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7394 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.239 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7402 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000epfa. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.