Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 16 km S of Kastrí, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 16 km S of Kastrí, Greece on Sat, Aug 26, 2006, 8:16 AM GMT+3 (05:16 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 47 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-08-26 05:16:19 UTC
Depth
43.0 km (26.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.690° N, 24.100° 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 usp000ersj. 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
267°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.336 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7342 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 3.367 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7342 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 3.427 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7342 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 3.545 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7342 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 3.333 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7339 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 3.411 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 7330 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 3.635 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7329 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 3.048 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7325 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 3.234 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7322 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 3.222 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7321 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 3.25 km SE of Kolympári, Greece · 7320 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 3.68 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7318 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 4.147 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7318 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 3.518 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7317 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 3.143 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 7315 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 3.510 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7315 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 3.122 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7315 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 4.110 km SSE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7311 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 3.966 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7306 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 3.338 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7288 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 3.133 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7287 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 3.229 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7284 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 3.444 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7284 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 2.925 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7348 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 3.540 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7350 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 3.983 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7350 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.215 km SSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7358 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.87 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7361 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 3.531 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7361 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 3.657 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7368 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 3.589 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7369 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 3.324 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 7369 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.942 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7370 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.9Crete, Greece · 7373 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ersj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:15 PM UTC.