Greece earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 105 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 105 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece on Wed, Aug 2, 2006, 10:43 PM GMT+3 (19:43 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 78 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-08-02 19:43:22 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.830° N, 22.630° 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 usp000eq3y. 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
262°, 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.3143 km N of Darnah, Libya · 7357 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 3.540 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7350 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.078 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7344 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 3.6164 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7343 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 3.336 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7342 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 3.427 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7342 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 3.583 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7331 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 4.178 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7331 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 3.783 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7331 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 3.357 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7330 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.147 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7318 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 3.122 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7315 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 3.352 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7314 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 3.581 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7311 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 3.475 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7311 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 3.354 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7309 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 3.9104 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7308 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 3.673 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7375 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 3.338 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7385 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 3.066 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7385 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eq3y. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:58 PM UTC.