Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 28 km NW of Kýthira, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 28 km NW of Kýthira, Greece on Wed, Dec 6, 2006, 11:14 PM GMT+2 (21:14 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 63 km SW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-12-06 21:14:11 UTC
Depth
22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.350° N, 22.790° 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 usp000ezp7. 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
191°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.038 km NE of Géfyra, Greece · 7242 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.249 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 7241 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 3.445 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7239 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 3.2Crete, Greece · 7237 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 3.769 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7237 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 3.021 km SE of Koróni, Greece · 7235 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 3.766 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7233 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 3.383 km SSW of Koróni, Greece · 7231 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 3.824 km SSE of Spétses, Greece · 7231 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 3.860 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7224 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 3.310 km ESE of Methóni, Greece · 7220 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 3.19 km ENE of Geráki, Greece · 7216 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 3.430 km SSW of Koróni, Greece · 7214 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 3.112 km ESE of Leonídio, Greece · 7210 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 3.241 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7208 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 3.631 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7208 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.824 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7204 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 3.454 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7203 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 3.050 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 7192 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 3.422 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 7189 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 3.544 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 7188 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 3.647 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7186 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 5.463 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7183 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
  24. 3.865 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7183 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 3.146 km S of Ýdra, Greece · 7243 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.514 km SE of Methóni, Greece · 7246 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.932 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7246 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 3.067 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7246 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 3.763 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7247 days ago · 114 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 3.035 km NE of Sykiá, Greece · 7249 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 3.522 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 7249 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 3.652 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7250 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 3.225 km E of Géfyra, Greece · 7261 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 3.727 km NNE of Sykiá, Greece · 7262 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 3.540 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7263 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.923 km SSE of Spétses, Greece · 7266 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 3.669 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7268 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 3.735 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7270 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 3.656 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7271 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 3.07 km NE of Sykiá, Greece · 7272 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ezp7. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC.