Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 11 km E of Kastrí, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 11 km E of Kastrí, Greece on Sun, Dec 17, 2006, 10:00 PM GMT+2 (20:00 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 47 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-12-17 20:00:20 UTC
Depth
34.0 km (21.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.840° N, 24.210° 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 usp000f0eh. 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
128°
Stations used
95

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.852 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7228 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 3.837 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 7225 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 3.738 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7220 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.642 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7219 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.025 km W of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7217 days ago · 49 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 3.015 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7217 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 3.230 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7215 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 3.513 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7214 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 3.119 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7212 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 3.536 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7212 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 3.413 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7202 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 3.828 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7201 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.311 km SW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7200 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 3.339 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7198 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 3.032 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7198 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 3.718 km NW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7198 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 3.22 km WNW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7193 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 3.327 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7190 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 4.647 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7189 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.914 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 7189 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.922 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7188 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 3.23 km SW of Gérgeri, Greece · 7186 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 3.167 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7182 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 3.56 km W of Pérama, Greece · 7175 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 3.319 km NW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7172 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 3.333 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7169 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 3.55 km SSW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7229 days ago · 59 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 3.4Crete, Greece · 7229 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 3.740 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7230 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.539 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7230 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 3.622 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7230 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 4.137 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7231 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.96 km ENE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7234 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 3.625 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7237 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 3.339 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7238 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.823 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7238 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 3.321 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7239 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 3.313 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7239 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 3.143 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7239 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 3.630 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7241 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 3.347 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 4.528 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 3.219 km NW of Kastrí, Greece · 7251 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 3.8Crete, Greece · 7254 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 3.65 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7258 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f0eh. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:46 AM UTC.