M3.8 earthquake 60 km SSE of Koróni, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 60 km SSE of Koróni, Greece on Sun, Dec 24, 2006, 9:12 AM GMT+2 (07:12 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 63 km SW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-12-24 07:12:11 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.290° N, 22.200° 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 usp000f0vy. 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
- 201°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.310 km ESE of Methóni, Greece · 7217 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.19 km ENE of Geráki, Greece · 7213 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.430 km SSW of Koróni, Greece · 7212 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.631 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7205 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.824 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7201 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.454 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7200 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.429 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7200 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.769 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7198 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.422 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 7187 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.647 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7184 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.284 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7183 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.463 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7181 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
- 3.865 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7181 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.470 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7173 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.124 km SSW of Asopós, Greece · 7173 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.231 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 7172 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.380 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7170 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.221 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7169 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.231 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7167 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.428 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7165 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 3.223 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 7226 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.383 km SSW of Koróni, Greece · 7229 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.766 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7231 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.021 km SE of Koróni, Greece · 7233 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.769 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7234 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.028 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7240 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.514 km SE of Methóni, Greece · 7243 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.932 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7244 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.067 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7244 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.763 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7244 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.522 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 7247 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.652 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7248 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.68 km SSE of Methóni, Greece · 7251 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f0vy. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:53 AM UTC.