Greece earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 83 km SW of Kýthira, Greece

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 83 km SW of Kýthira, Greece on Fri, Sep 8, 2006, 3:03 AM GMT+3 (00:03 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 134 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-09-08 00:03:34 UTC
Depth
58.0 km (36.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.540° N, 22.440° 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 usp000esnu. 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
214°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
37

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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.357 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7328 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.4134 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7319 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.147 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7317 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.352 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7313 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.581 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7310 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 3.475 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7310 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 3.354 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7308 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 3.9104 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7307 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 3.6118 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7304 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 3.024 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7289 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 3.133 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7286 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 3.229 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7283 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 3.444 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7283 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 3.1108 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7282 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 3.127 km SW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7281 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 4.295 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7274 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 3.5111 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7270 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 4.178 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7330 days ago · 84 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 3.583 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7330 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 3.989 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7336 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 3.6164 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7342 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 3.078 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7343 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000esnu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC.