M3.4 earthquake 23 km S of Moíres, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 23 km S of Moíres, Greece on Thu, Apr 6, 2006, 7:27 PM GMT+3 (16:27 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 94 km S of Pýrgos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-04-06 16:27:16 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.840° N, 24.860° 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 usp000edur. 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
- 183°, 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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.341 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7470 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.314 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7450 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.313 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7448 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.415 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 7446 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.231 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7446 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.221 km NNE of Sísion, Greece · 7445 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.722 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7443 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.487 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7442 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.821 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7441 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.152 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7435 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.419 km NE of Kastrí, Greece · 7435 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.727 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7434 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.194 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7433 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.4Crete, Greece · 7433 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.096 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7432 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.343 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 7431 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.312 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7429 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.473 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7428 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 3.428 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 7490 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.439 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 7490 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.230 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7493 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.032 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7494 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.3Crete, Greece · 7495 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.195 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7495 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.5108 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7496 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.52 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7501 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.226 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7504 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.932 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7504 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.036 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7506 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.816 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7507 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.147 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 7510 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.242 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7511 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000edur. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:17 AM UTC.