Greece earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 37 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 37 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece on Fri, Dec 15, 2006, 6:40 AM GMT+2 (04:40 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 102 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-12-15 04:40:12 UTC
Depth
80.0 km (49.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
35.010° N, 23.370° 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 usp000f08a. 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.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.622 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7230 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 3.740 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7230 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 3.55 km SSW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7229 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.011 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7229 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 3.837 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 7226 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 4.4120 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7221 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.0117 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7221 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.0107 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7221 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 3.9115 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7221 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.1133 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7221 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 3.738 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7221 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 3.025 km W of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7218 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 3.015 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7218 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 3.230 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7216 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 3.784 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7215 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 3.513 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7214 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 3.3125 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7211 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 3.1105 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7211 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 3.8112 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7204 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 3.413 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7202 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 3.828 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7201 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 4.367 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7201 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 3.311 km SW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7200 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 3.718 km NW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7198 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 4.8102 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7197 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 4.2114 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7196 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 3.327 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7190 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 4.647 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7190 days ago · 44 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 3.1central Mediterranean Sea · 7188 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 3.6131 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7184 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 3.0102 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7183 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 3.820 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7174 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 3.319 km NW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7172 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 3.769 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7234 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 3.445 km SE of Kýthira, Greece · 7237 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.625 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7238 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 3.339 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7238 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 3.249 km SSE of Kýthira, Greece · 7239 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.143 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7240 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 3.8Crete, Greece · 7246 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 3.021 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.926 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.924 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 3.220 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 3.332 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7249 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 3.336 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7250 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 4.528 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7250 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 3.219 km NW of Kastrí, Greece · 7251 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 3.318 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7252 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 3.65 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7258 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 3.350 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 7260 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 3.722 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7260 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 3.540 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7260 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f08a. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.