Greece earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 69 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 69 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece on Thu, Feb 9, 2006, 6:26 AM GMT+2 (04:26 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 117 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-02-09 04:26:15 UTC
Depth
21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.950° N, 22.260° 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 usp000e9tb. 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
239°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.147 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 7532 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 3.516 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7532 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.492 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7532 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 3.981 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7531 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 3.327 km SSE of Géfyra, Greece · 7517 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 3.790 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7515 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 3.391 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 7511 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 3.685 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7507 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.3121 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7507 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.929 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7507 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 3.9110 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7504 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 3.461 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7501 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 3.774 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7498 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 4.2117 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7496 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 3.557 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 7489 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.8Crete, Greece · 7487 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 3.226 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 7481 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 2.813 km SW of Géfyra, Greece · 7543 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.437 km SSW of Gýtheio, Greece · 7546 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 3.279 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7549 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 3.1Crete, Greece · 7552 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 3.796 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 7555 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 4.241 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7558 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.827 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7561 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 3.1southern Greece · 7566 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 3.09 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7568 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e9tb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:59 AM UTC.