Greece earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 12 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 12 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece on Wed, Sep 20, 2006, 12:08 PM GMT+3 (09:08 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 24 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
2006-09-20 09:08:47 UTC
Depth
30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.410° N, 27.150° 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 usp000etf9. 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
219°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.430 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7316 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 3.236 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7314 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 3.159 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7313 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 3.37 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7313 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 3.729 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7311 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 3.533 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7309 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 3.223 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7308 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 3.851 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7306 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 3.125 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7305 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 4.074 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7305 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 3.033 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7304 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 3.235 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7298 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 4.28 km S of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 3.33 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 3.219 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7287 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 3.142 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 7287 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 3.358 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7286 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 4.524 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 3.616 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 4.383 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7280 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 3.143 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7280 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 3.761 km S of Fry, Greece · 7269 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 3.657 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7259 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 3.231 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7258 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 3.458 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7257 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 3.788 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7257 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7321 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.437 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7322 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 3.340 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7324 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.318 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7327 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 3.549 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7328 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.051 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7333 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 3.720 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7338 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.942 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7342 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.943 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7342 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.313 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7343 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 3.31 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 3.218 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 3.147 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7343 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 3.48 km WSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7345 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 3.328 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7346 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 5.126 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7346 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000etf9. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC.