Greece earthquakes

M5.5 earthquake 14 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 14 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece on Wed, Apr 5, 2006, 1:05 AM GMT+3 (22:05 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 16 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.5 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Apr 5, 2006, 1:05 AM GMT+3
UTC: 2006-04-04 22:05:05 UTC
Depth: 16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.640° N, 20.962° E
Region: Greece
Felt reports: 6
Strongest shaking: V, moderate shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.5	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.51	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.5	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt strongly on Zakynthos. Felt (III) at Patrai. Also felt at Kalamakion.

From the USGS event page for usp000edpz. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: V, moderate shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 10.7% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 1.6 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Nodal plane 1: Strike 357°, dip 26°, rake 109°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 155°, dip 65°, rake 81°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap: 40°
Stations used: 464

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000edpz (also filed as us2006lcbc, atlas20060404220505, gcmtc200604042205a, gcmt20060404220505, iscgem8198006). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:36 AM UTC.