Greece earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 83 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 83 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece on Thu, Oct 26, 2006, 8:36 PM GMT+3 (17:36 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 32 km S of Fry, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-10-26 17:36:18 UTC
Depth
46.7 km (29.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.798° N, 27.535° 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 usp000ew39. 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
128°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.143 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7280 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.366 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7269 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 3.761 km S of Fry, Greece · 7269 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 3.657 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7260 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 3.231 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7258 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 3.788 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7257 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 3.58 km N of Fry, Greece · 7252 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 3.891 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7250 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 4.4Crete, Greece · 7244 days ago · 87 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.140 km S of Fry, Greece · 7244 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 3.559 km S of Fry, Greece · 7240 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 3.279 km S of Fry, Greece · 7237 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 3.874 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7236 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 3.415 km N of Fry, Greece · 7236 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.190 km S of Fry, Greece · 7234 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 3.312 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7234 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 3.076 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7230 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 3.633 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 7230 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 4.632 km S of Fry, Greece · 7222 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 3.616 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.524 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 3.358 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7286 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.33 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.28 km S of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 3.033 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7304 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.074 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7305 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 3.125 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7306 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.851 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7306 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 3.223 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7308 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 3.533 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7309 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ew39. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.