Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 28 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 28 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece on Sun, Sep 10, 2006, 9:08 AM GMT+3 (06:08 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 35 km E of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (M), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-09-10 06:08:38 UTC
Depth
71.0 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
36.220° N, 23.290° 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 usp000esu1. 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
132°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.25 km SE of Kolympári, Greece · 7320 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.045 km N of Mouzourás, Greece · 7309 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.245 km NNW of Mouzourás, Greece · 7307 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 3.047 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 7306 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 3.335 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7305 days ago · 56 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.92 km NNW of Káto Glykóvrysi, Greece · 7301 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 3.015 km S of Asopós, Greece · 7299 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 3.059 km W of Mílos, Greece · 7292 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 3.454 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 7290 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 3.024 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7289 days ago · 56 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 3.052 km SE of Ýdra, Greece · 7287 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 3.127 km SW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7282 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.22 km ENE of Sykiá, Greece · 7273 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 3.07 km NE of Sykiá, Greece · 7270 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 3.656 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7269 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 3.735 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7269 days ago · 61 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 3.119 km NW of Kolympári, Greece · 7330 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.79 km ENE of Sykiá, Greece · 7344 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 3.131 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7357 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 3.227 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7358 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 3.215 km SSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7358 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000esu1. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:08 AM UTC.