M3.2 earthquake 45 km NE of Kárystos, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 45 km NE of Kárystos, Greece on Wed, Dec 6, 2006, 10:35 PM GMT+2 (20:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 30 km NW of Psará, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-12-06 20:35:47 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.310° N, 24.770° 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 usp000ezp4. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 222°, 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.241 km ESE of Lávrio, Greece · 7220 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.019 km ENE of Kými, Greece · 7216 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.73 km ENE of Psachná, Greece · 7208 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.412 km SW of Psará, Greece · 7207 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.113 km ENE of Psachná, Greece · 7207 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.312 km ENE of Psachná, Greece · 7207 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.910 km ENE of Psachná, Greece · 7207 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.08 km ENE of Psachná, Greece · 7207 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.336 km NNE of Andros, Greece · 7207 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.88 km ENE of Psachná, Greece · 7207 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.112 km ENE of Psachná, Greece · 7207 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.337 km NNE of Andros, Greece · 7206 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.817 km NE of Psachná, Greece · 7204 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.630 km NNW of Psará, Greece · 7200 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.330 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7200 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.329 km SE of Patitírion, Greece · 7200 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.113 km E of Psachná, Greece · 7194 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.127 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7192 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.034 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 7191 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.330 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7191 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.530 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7188 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.821 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7182 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 2.74 km ENE of Psachná, Greece · 7257 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.82 km NE of Grammatikó, Greece · 7262 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.73 km ENE of Grammatikó, Greece · 7262 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.81 km W of Skála Oropoú, Greece · 7263 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.119 km W of Skýros, Greece · 7268 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ezp4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:55 PM UTC.