Greece earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 8 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 8 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece on Wed, Apr 12, 2006, 8:55 PM GMT+3 (17:55 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 10 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-04-12 17:55:23 UTC
Depth
9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.670° N, 20.910° 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 usp000eeap. 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
135°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 150 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.211 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7477 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 3.111 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 3.09 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 22 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 3.229 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 3.16 km SE of Zakynthos, Greece · 7477 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 3.54 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 3.311 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 4.24 km SSE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7477 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 3.03 km NNW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7477 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 2.82 km NNE of Zakynthos, Greece · 7477 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 3.16 km ESE of Zakynthos, Greece · 7477 days ago · 48 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 3.27 km NNE of Zakynthos, Greece · 7477 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 3.714 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 3.54 km NNE of Zakynthos, Greece · 7477 days ago · 40 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 3.55 km ESE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7477 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 3.710 km SE of Zakynthos, Greece · 7477 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 4.011 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 3.86 km ESE of Zakynthos, Greece · 7477 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 3.813 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece · 7477 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 4.49 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 3.75 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7477 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 3.35 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 3.18 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 3.25 km E of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 4.24 km E of Zakynthos, Greece · 7477 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 3.95 km E of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 4.012 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 3.75 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 3.320 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  30. 3.39 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
  31. 3.27 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 3.110 km W of Kyllíni, Greece · 7477 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 3.316 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 46 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 3.76 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  35. 3.310 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7477 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 3.521 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 3.718 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  38. 3.36 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 3.519 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 3.26 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7477 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  41. 3.225 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 3.37 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 3.38 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 25 km deep · 2 km away
  44. 3.517 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 3.222 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  46. 3.314 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7477 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 3.28 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7476 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  48. 3.68 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7476 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 3.210 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7476 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
  50. 3.325 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7476 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 3.514 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7476 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 4.18 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7476 days ago · 18 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 4.16 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7476 days ago · 25 km deep · 2 km away
  54. 3.224 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7476 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 3.720 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7476 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  56. 3.620 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7476 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 3.424 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7476 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 3.722 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7476 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 3.424 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7476 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  60. 3.224 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7476 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 3.212 km ESE of Zakynthos, Greece · 7477 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 3.37 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7478 days ago · 25 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.834 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 7478 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.59 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7478 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 5.716 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7478 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 14
  6. 3.613 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7478 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 3.218 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7478 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 3.410 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7478 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 3.510 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7478 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 3.320 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 7478 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 3.315 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7478 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 3.822 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7478 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 3.29 km SE of Zakynthos, Greece · 7478 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 3.324 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7478 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 3.3Ionian Sea · 7478 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 3.37 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7478 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 3.420 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7478 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 3.224 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7478 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 3.26 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7478 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 3.23 km ESE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7478 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eeap. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:07 AM UTC.