M3.6 earthquake 164 km SW of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 164 km SW of Kýthira, Greece on Sun, Aug 27, 2006, 2:27 AM GMT+3 (23:27 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 134 km WSW 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
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-08-26 23:27:38 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.966° N, 21.901° 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 usp000erua. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 249°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.583 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7331 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.178 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7331 days ago · 84 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.783 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7331 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4134 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7320 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.581 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7311 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.475 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7311 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.9104 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7308 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.6118 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7304 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000erua. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC.