Greece earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 16 km W of Kastrí, Greece

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 16 km W of Kastrí, Greece on Wed, Mar 15, 2006, 7:28 AM GMT+2 (05:28 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-03-15 05:28:44 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.820° N, 23.910° 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 usp000ec6f. 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
227°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.036 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7506 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.932 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7504 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 3.52 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7501 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 3.032 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7493 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 3.439 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 7489 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 3.428 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 7489 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 2.8Crete, Greece · 7487 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 3.423 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7484 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 3.832 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7455 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away

Before

  1. 3.147 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 7510 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 3.242 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7510 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 3.216 km N of Rethymno, Greece · 7519 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.222 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 7523 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 3.424 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7531 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 3.444 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7532 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 4.335 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7535 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ec6f. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:35 AM UTC.