M3.4 earthquake 8 km WSW of Karpathos, Greece

Magnitude

3.4 (Md, duration), minor

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Tue, Aug 22, 2006, 11:40 PM GMT+3

UTC

2006-08-22 20:40:08 UTC

Depth

24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.480° N, 27.130° E

Region

Greece

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

From the USGS event page for usp000erhq. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Station coverage gap

196°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

4

• Rhodes, GreecePopulation 56,128. Forecast145 kmSW
• Irákleion, GreecePopulation 137,154. Forecast181 kmE
• İzmir, TurkeyPopulation 2,938,292. Forecast326 kmS

After

1. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, GreeceThu, Aug 24, 6:15 PM GMT+3 · 7345 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
2. 3.147 km N of Karpathos, GreeceThu, Aug 24, 6:42 PM GMT+3 · 7344 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
3. 3.218 km SSE of Karpathos, GreeceThu, Aug 24, 7:56 PM GMT+3 · 7344 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
4. 3.31 km WNW of Karpathos, GreeceThu, Aug 24, 8:08 PM GMT+3 · 7344 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
5. 3.313 km WNW of Fry, GreeceFri, Aug 25, 7:18 AM GMT+3 · 7344 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
6. 2.943 km N of Karpathos, GreeceFri, Aug 25, 10:22 PM GMT+3 · 7343 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
7. 2.942 km N of Karpathos, GreeceFri, Aug 25, 10:27 PM GMT+3 · 7343 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
8. 3.720 km SSE of Fry, GreeceTue, Aug 29, 10:08 PM GMT+3 · 7339 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
9. 4.051 km NW of Fry, GreeceSun, Sep 3, 11:58 PM GMT+3 · 7334 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
10. 3.549 km NW of Fry, GreeceFri, Sep 8, 9:22 PM GMT+3 · 7329 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
11. 3.318 km SSW of Karpathos, GreeceSun, Sep 10, 1:03 PM GMT+3 · 7328 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
12. 3.2eastern Mediterranean SeaMon, Sep 11, 4:15 AM GMT+3 · 7327 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
13. 3.340 km NNW of Karpathos, GreeceWed, Sep 13, 2:17 PM GMT+3 · 7325 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
14. 3.437 km NW of Fry, GreeceFri, Sep 15, 5:58 AM GMT+3 · 7323 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
15. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, GreeceSat, Sep 16, 3:32 PM GMT+3 · 7322 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
16. 3.612 km SSW of Karpathos, GreeceWed, Sep 20, 12:08 PM GMT+3 · 7318 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
17. 3.430 km SSW of Fry, GreeceThu, Sep 21, 5:36 AM GMT+3 · 7317 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
18. 3.236 km NNE of Karpathos, GreeceSat, Sep 23, 10:34 AM GMT+3 · 7315 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
19. 3.159 km NW of Fry, GreeceSat, Sep 23, 8:01 PM GMT+3 · 7314 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
20. 3.37 km SSE of Fry, GreeceSat, Sep 23, 11:58 PM GMT+3 · 7314 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
21. 3.729 km ESE of Palekastro, GreeceMon, Sep 25, 9:25 PM GMT+3 · 7312 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
22. 3.533 km ESE of Palekastro, GreeceWed, Sep 27, 10:21 PM GMT+3 · 7310 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
23. 3.223 km WSW of Fry, GreeceFri, Sep 29, 7:52 AM GMT+3 · 7309 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
24. 3.851 km SE of Karpathos, GreeceSun, Oct 1, 2:07 PM GMT+3 · 7307 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
25. 3.125 km SW of Fry, GreeceSun, Oct 1, 4:36 PM GMT+3 · 7307 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
26. 4.074 km SE of Karpathos, GreeceMon, Oct 2, 7:16 AM GMT+3 · 7306 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
27. 3.033 km SW of Fry, GreeceTue, Oct 3, 3:07 AM GMT+3 · 7305 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
28. 3.235 km NW of Fry, GreeceMon, Oct 9, 3:17 AM GMT+3 · 7299 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
29. 4.28 km S of Fry, GreeceTue, Oct 10, 12:49 AM GMT+3 · 7298 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
30. 3.33 km SW of Fry, GreeceTue, Oct 10, 12:50 AM GMT+3 · 7298 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
31. 3.219 km N of Sitia, GreeceThu, Oct 19, 10:23 PM GMT+3 · 7288 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
32. 3.142 km NNE of Sitia, GreeceFri, Oct 20, 2:52 PM GMT+3 · 7288 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away

Before

1. 3.328 km NNW of Fry, GreeceTue, Aug 22, 3:19 PM GMT+3 · 7347 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
2. 5.126 km SE of Fry, GreeceTue, Aug 22, 12:23 PM GMT+3 · 7347 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
3. 3.825 km S of Karpathos, GreeceFri, Aug 18, 6:43 AM GMT+3 · 7351 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
4. 3.341 km N of Karpathos, GreeceThu, Aug 17, 9:26 PM GMT+3 · 7351 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
5. 3.849 km N of Karpathos, GreeceThu, Aug 17, 7:17 AM GMT+3 · 7352 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
6. 3.527 km SE of Fry, GreeceTue, Aug 15, 10:08 PM GMT+3 · 7353 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
7. 3.259 km NNW of Karpathos, GreeceSun, Aug 13, 10:25 PM GMT+3 · 7355 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
8. 3.233 km NE of Palekastro, GreeceSun, Aug 13, 3:31 AM GMT+3 · 7356 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
9. 3.231 km S of Mandráki, GreeceThu, Aug 10, 3:24 PM GMT+3 · 7359 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
10. 4.030 km S of Mandráki, GreeceThu, Aug 10, 2:01 PM GMT+3 · 7359 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
11. 3.441 km N of Karpathos, GreeceMon, Aug 7, 4:59 AM GMT+3 · 7362 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
12. 3.619 km NE of Karpathos, GreeceSun, Aug 6, 6:26 PM GMT+3 · 7363 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
13. 3.337 km ENE of Karpathos, GreeceSat, Aug 5, 2:13 AM GMT+3 · 7364 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
14. 3.629 km NNE of Karpathos, GreeceFri, Aug 4, 7:34 PM GMT+3 · 7364 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
15. 3.395 km SSE of Karpathos, GreeceMon, Jul 24, 10:38 AM GMT+3 · 7376 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000erhq. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:03 AM UTC.