Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 47 km N of Kolympári, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 47 km N of Kolympári, Greece on Mon, Oct 2, 2006, 11:42 PM GMT+3 (20:42 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 28 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-10-02 20:42:21 UTC
Depth
45.0 km (28.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.970° N, 23.800° 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 usp000eucb. 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
159°
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: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.335 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7304 days ago · 56 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 3.059 km W of Mílos, Greece · 7291 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 3.454 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 7289 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 3.024 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7288 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 3.232 km NNE of Pánormos, Greece · 7286 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.133 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7286 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 3.229 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7283 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.127 km SW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7281 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 3.735 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7268 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 3.159 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece · 7265 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 3.540 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7260 days ago · 54 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 3.722 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7260 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 3.225 km E of Géfyra, Greece · 7259 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 3.318 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7252 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 4.528 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7250 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 3.336 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7250 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 3.332 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 3.220 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.924 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.926 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7248 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 3.021 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7248 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 3.522 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 7247 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 3.8Crete, Greece · 7245 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 3.245 km NNW of Mouzourás, Greece · 7306 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 3.045 km N of Mouzourás, Greece · 7308 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 3.122 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7313 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 3.68 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7317 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 3.25 km SE of Kolympári, Greece · 7319 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 3.528 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7327 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 3.119 km NW of Kolympári, Greece · 7329 days ago · 43 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 3.151 km NNE of Pánormos, Greece · 7333 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eucb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.