M3.5 earthquake 40 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 40 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece on Tue, Jun 20, 2006, 4:33 AM GMT+3 (01:33 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 73 km W of Kíssamos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-06-20 01:33:20 UTC
- Depth
- 48.0 km (29.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.240° N, 23.430° 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 usp000ekun. 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
- 119°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.061 km SW of Adámas, Greece · 7408 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.445 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7405 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.039 km SE of Spétses, Greece · 7402 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.245 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7392 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.345 km ENE of Géfyra, Greece · 7390 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.355 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7389 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.136 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7388 days ago · 56 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.113 km SW of Géfyra, Greece · 7388 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.047 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 7385 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.345 km N of Agía Marína, Greece · 7385 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.338 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7385 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.673 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7374 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.236 km SE of Spétses, Greece · 7373 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.664 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece · 7364 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.547 km W of Mílos, Greece · 7363 days ago · 124 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.215 km SSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7358 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.227 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7358 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.131 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7357 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 3.337 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.326 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.440 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7419 days ago · 52 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.449 km NNE of Kolympári, Greece · 7419 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.321 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 7420 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.714 km SSE of Kíssamos, Greece · 7422 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.38 km NE of Mouzourás, Greece · 7422 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.151 km E of Géfyra, Greece · 7422 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.29 km WSW of Mílos, Greece · 7427 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.249 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 7428 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.629 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7434 days ago · 66 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.936 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7436 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.737 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7437 days ago · 46 km deep · 3 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ekun. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:25 PM UTC.