Greece earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 43 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 43 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece on Wed, Apr 19, 2006, 10:30 AM GMT+3 (07:30 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 46 km E 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
2006-04-19 07:30:17 UTC
Depth
51.0 km (31.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.230° N, 23.460° 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 usp000eewx. 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
135°
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.946 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7449 days ago · 55 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 3.027 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7449 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 3.467 km SSW of Adámas, Greece · 7444 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 3.064 km NNE of Mouzourás, Greece · 7443 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 3.15 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7443 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 3.329 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7441 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 3.236 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7440 days ago · 52 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 3.737 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7436 days ago · 46 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.936 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7435 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 3.629 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7433 days ago · 66 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 3.249 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 7427 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 3.29 km WSW of Mílos, Greece · 7425 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 3.151 km E of Géfyra, Greece · 7421 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 3.38 km NE of Mouzourás, Greece · 7421 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 3.714 km SSE of Kíssamos, Greece · 7421 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 3.321 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 7419 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 3.449 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece · 7418 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 3.440 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7418 days ago · 52 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 3.326 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7411 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 3.163 km S of Adámas, Greece · 7472 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 3.09 km W of Asopós, Greece · 7473 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 3.25 km SSW of Káto Glykóvrysi, Greece · 7473 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.510 km W of Asopós, Greece · 7474 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 3.434 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7478 days ago · 49 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 3.226 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 7481 days ago · 57 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 3.857 km E of Géfyra, Greece · 7487 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.557 km S of Kýthira, Greece · 7489 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 3.459 km W of Mílos, Greece · 7492 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.859 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7492 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eewx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC.