Greece earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 35 km S of Moíres, Greece

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 35 km S of Moíres, Greece on Sat, Sep 9, 2006, 10:37 AM GMT+3 (07:37 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 10 km SSE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-09-09 07:37:29 UTC
Depth
21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.730° 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 usp000esru. 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
202°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.374 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7327 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 3.260 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7326 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 3.048 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7323 days ago · 41 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 3.234 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7321 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 3.222 km W of Kastrí, Greece · 7319 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.68 km SE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7317 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 3.518 km S of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7315 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 3.143 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 7314 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 3.510 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7314 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.110 km SSE of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7310 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 3.173 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7307 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 3.8101 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7305 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 3.966 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7305 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 3.057 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7302 days ago · 56 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 3.155 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7302 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 3.429 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7301 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 3.298 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7298 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 3.480 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7295 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 3.338 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7287 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 3.273 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7286 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 3.165 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7286 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 3.146 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7286 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 3.137 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7285 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 3.066 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7284 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 3.430 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7281 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 4.196 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7272 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 3.618 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7269 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 3.814 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7269 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 3.411 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 7328 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 3.253 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7330 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 3.333 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7338 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 3.545 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7340 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 3.367 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7341 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 3.516 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7342 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 3.07 km NE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7344 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 3.23 km ESE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7344 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.925 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7346 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 3.983 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7349 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 4.113 km N of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 7354 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 3.361 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7357 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000esru. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:36 AM UTC.