Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 50 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 50 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece on Wed, Nov 15, 2006, 10:35 PM GMT+2 (20:35 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 37 km SW 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
2006-11-15 20:35:04 UTC
Depth
23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.410° N, 23.900° 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 usp000exmu. 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
273°, 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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.350 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7259 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 3.65 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7258 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 3.8Crete, Greece · 7254 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 3.219 km NW of Kastrí, Greece · 7251 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 3.339 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7238 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 3.625 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7237 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.137 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7231 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 3.622 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7230 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 3.740 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7230 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 3.55 km SSW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7229 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.011 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7228 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.852 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7228 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 3.837 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 7225 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 3.738 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7220 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 3.025 km W of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7217 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 3.015 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7217 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 3.513 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7214 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 3.536 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7212 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 3.814 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7269 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 3.618 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7269 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 3.348 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7269 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.196 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7272 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 3.430 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7281 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 3.229 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7283 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 3.338 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7287 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000exmu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:48 AM UTC.