Greece earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 22 km SSE of Moíres, Greece

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 22 km SSE of Moíres, Greece on Sun, Feb 26, 2006, 6:45 AM GMT+2 (04:45 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 95 km S of Pýrgos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-02-26 04:45:33 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.860° N, 24.940° 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 usp000eaw3. 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
180°, 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.216 km N of Rethymno, Greece · 7520 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 3.242 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7511 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 3.147 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 7510 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 3.816 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7507 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 3.036 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7506 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.932 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7504 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 3.226 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7504 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 3.52 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7501 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 3.5108 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7496 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.195 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7495 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 3.3Crete, Greece · 7495 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 3.032 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7494 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 3.230 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7493 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 3.459 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7491 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 3.439 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 7490 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 3.423 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7484 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 3.341 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7470 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away

Before

  1. 3.424 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7531 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 3.818 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7539 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.913 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7543 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 3.19 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7543 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 3.45 km E of Kalýves, Greece · 7554 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eaw3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:17 AM UTC.