M3.3 earthquake 55 km SW of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 55 km SW of Kýthira, Greece on Tue, Jul 11, 2006, 8:40 AM GMT+3 (05:40 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 78 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-07-11 05:40:29 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.840° N, 22.500° 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 usp000encj. 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
- 233°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.136 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7388 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.113 km SW of Géfyra, Greece · 7387 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.565 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7385 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.066 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7385 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.338 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7384 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.673 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7374 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.151 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7373 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.045 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7373 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.366 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7373 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.784 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7364 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.678 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7363 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.131 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7357 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.078 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7343 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.989 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7337 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.583 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7331 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.178 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7330 days ago · 84 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.783 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7330 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 3.268 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7390 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.245 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7392 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.471 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7401 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.184 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7401 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.583 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7401 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.328 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7403 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.445 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7405 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.540 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7410 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.337 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.326 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1132 km SSW of Koróni, Greece · 7418 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.440 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7419 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000encj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:21 AM UTC.