M3.6 earthquake 104 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 104 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece on Sun, Nov 19, 2006, 11:31 AM GMT+2 (09:31 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 60 km SSE of Koróni, 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
- 2006-11-19 09:31:09 UTC
- Depth
- 19.0 km (11.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.730° N, 21.950° 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 usp000ey8a. 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
- 243°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.652 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7248 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.763 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7245 days ago · 114 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.067 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7244 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.769 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7234 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.766 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7231 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.383 km SSW of Koróni, Greece · 7229 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.860 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7222 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.784 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7215 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.430 km SSW of Koróni, Greece · 7212 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.631 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7205 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.8112 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7204 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.454 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7200 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.429 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7200 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.769 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7198 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
Before
- 3.675 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7263 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.669 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7266 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.080 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7267 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.656 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7269 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.5111 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7270 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.295 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7274 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.1108 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7282 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ey8a. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.