Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 27 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 27 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece on Fri, May 12, 2006, 1:48 AM GMT+3 (22:48 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 37 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-05-11 22:48:17 UTC
Depth
27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.390° N, 22.900° 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 usp000egwe. 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
181°, 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.177 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7443 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.15 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7443 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 3.329 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7441 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 3.236 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7441 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 3.737 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7436 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.936 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7435 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 3.629 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7434 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 3.249 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 7427 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 3.151 km E of Géfyra, Greece · 7421 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 3.321 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 7419 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 3.440 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7418 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 3.540 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7410 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 3.445 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7405 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 3.039 km SE of Spétses, Greece · 7402 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 3.583 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7401 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 3.471 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7401 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 3.245 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7391 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 3.268 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7390 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 3.345 km ENE of Géfyra, Greece · 7389 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 3.946 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7450 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 3.443 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7471 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 3.09 km W of Asopós, Greece · 7473 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 3.25 km SSW of Káto Glykóvrysi, Greece · 7473 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 3.510 km W of Asopós, Greece · 7474 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 3.434 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7478 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000egwe. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:04 PM UTC.