Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 74 km SE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 74 km SE of Karpathos, Greece on Mon, Oct 2, 2006, 7:16 AM GMT+3 (04:16 UTC), 5 km (3 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
4.0 (Md, duration), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-10-02 04:16:06 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.070° N, 27.830° 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 usp000euag. 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
125°
Stations used
77

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 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.5113 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7304 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.28 km S of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.33 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.524 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 3.616 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.383 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7280 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 3.143 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7280 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 3.761 km S of Fry, Greece · 7268 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.657 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7259 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 3.231 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7258 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 3.788 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7257 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 3.58 km N of Fry, Greece · 7252 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 3.851 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7306 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 3.7104 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 7308 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 3.37 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7313 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.236 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7314 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 3.430 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7316 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 3.612 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7317 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.2eastern Mediterranean Sea · 7326 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 3.318 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7327 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000euag. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:52 PM UTC.