M3.2 earthquake 79 km SW of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 79 km SW of Kýthira, Greece on Tue, Jan 31, 2006, 5:11 AM GMT+2 (03:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 117 km WSW 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
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-01-31 03:11:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.690° N, 22.310° 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 usp000e965. 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
- 229°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.437 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 7547 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.469 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7541 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.147 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 7533 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.516 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7533 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.492 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7532 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.981 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7531 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.790 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7515 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.391 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 7512 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.685 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7508 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.3121 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7508 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.9110 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7505 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.461 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7501 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.774 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7498 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2117 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7496 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 3.1Crete, Greece · 7553 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.796 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 7555 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.241 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7558 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.827 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7561 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.1southern Greece · 7567 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.09 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7568 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.524 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7572 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e965. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:43 PM UTC.