Greece earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 51 km SE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 51 km SE of Karpathos, Greece on Sun, Oct 1, 2006, 2:07 PM GMT+3 (11:07 UTC), 24 km (15 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
3.8 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-10-01 11:07:11 UTC
Depth
24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.240° N, 27.680° 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 usp000eu7z. 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
135°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.125 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7305 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.074 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7305 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 3.033 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7304 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.28 km S of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 3.33 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.524 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 3.616 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.383 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7280 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 3.143 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7279 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 3.761 km S of Fry, Greece · 7268 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 3.657 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7259 days ago · 37 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 3.231 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7258 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 3.788 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7257 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 3.58 km N of Fry, Greece · 7252 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 3.339 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7250 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 3.223 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7308 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 3.7104 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 7308 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 3.533 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7309 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 3.37 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7313 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.236 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7314 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 3.430 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7316 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 3.612 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7317 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7320 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.340 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7323 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 3.2eastern Mediterranean Sea · 7326 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 3.318 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7327 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eu7z. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:40 PM UTC.