Greece earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 57 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 57 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece on Thu, Nov 16, 2006, 6:44 PM GMT+2 (16:44 UTC), 37 km (23 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
3.6 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-11-16 16:44:25 UTC
Depth
37.0 km (23.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.250° N, 27.760° 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 usp000exv8. 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
254°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.231 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7258 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 3.788 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7257 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 3.58 km N of Fry, Greece · 7252 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.339 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7250 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.4Crete, Greece · 7244 days ago · 87 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 3.140 km S of Fry, Greece · 7244 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 3.559 km S of Fry, Greece · 7240 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 3.279 km S of Fry, Greece · 7237 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 3.415 km N of Fry, Greece · 7236 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 3.190 km S of Fry, Greece · 7234 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 3.312 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7234 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 3.417 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7227 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 4.632 km S of Fry, Greece · 7222 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 3.365 km S of Fry, Greece · 7218 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.917 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7209 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 3.435 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7209 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 3.534 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7203 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away

Before

  1. 3.761 km S of Fry, Greece · 7268 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.143 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7280 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.383 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7280 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 3.616 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.524 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000exv8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:52 PM UTC.