M3.0 earthquake 59 km E of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 59 km E of Kýthira, Greece on Sun, Feb 26, 2006, 10:55 PM GMT+2 (20:55 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 57 km E of Géfyra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-02-26 20:55:36 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.220° N, 23.640° 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 usp000eaxt. 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
- 127°
- 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.327 km SSE of Géfyra, Greece · 7517 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.458 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 7508 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.929 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7507 days ago · 51 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.810 km ENE of Moláoi, Greece · 7506 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.169 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7505 days ago · 55 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.859 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7492 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.459 km W of Mílos, Greece · 7492 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.557 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 7489 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.857 km E of Géfyra, Greece · 7487 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.226 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 7481 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.434 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7478 days ago · 49 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.510 km W of Asopós, Greece · 7474 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.09 km W of Asopós, Greece · 7473 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.163 km S of Adámas, Greece · 7472 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.443 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7471 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 2.940 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7527 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.066 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7532 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.516 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7532 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.147 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 7532 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.534 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7534 days ago · 64 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.438 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 7540 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.813 km SW of Géfyra, Greece · 7543 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.936 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7551 days ago · 59 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.037 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7552 days ago · 52 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.1Crete, Greece · 7552 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eaxt. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC.