Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 78 km W of Palaióchora, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 78 km W of Palaióchora, Greece on Fri, Aug 25, 2006, 10:22 PM GMT+3 (19:22 UTC), 21 km (13 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
3.0 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-08-25 19:22:50 UTC
Depth
21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.220° N, 22.820° 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 usp000err5. 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
254°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.6164 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7342 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 3.336 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7341 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 3.427 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7341 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 3.583 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7330 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 4.178 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7330 days ago · 84 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 3.783 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7330 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 3.119 km NW of Kolympári, Greece · 7329 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 3.357 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7328 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 3.25 km SE of Kolympári, Greece · 7319 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.147 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7317 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 3.122 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7314 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 3.352 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7313 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 3.581 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7310 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 3.475 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7310 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 3.354 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7308 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 3.9104 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7307 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 3.6118 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7303 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 3.024 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7289 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 3.133 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7286 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 3.229 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7283 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 3.540 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7349 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.131 km NNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7356 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 3.215 km SSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7357 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 3.8105 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7366 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.9Crete, Greece · 7372 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000err5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC.