Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 107 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 107 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece on Mon, Dec 25, 2006, 4:18 PM GMT+2 (14:18 UTC), 64 km (40 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
4.0 (Md, duration), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-12-25 14:18:46 UTC
Depth
64.1 km (39.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.653° N, 22.739° 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 usp000f0yz. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
127°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9115 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7224 days ago · 61 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.1133 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7224 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 3.738 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7224 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.015 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7220 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 3.230 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7218 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.784 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7218 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 3.3125 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7214 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 3.1105 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7213 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 3.8112 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7207 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 3.828 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7204 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 4.367 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7204 days ago · 56 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 4.8102 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7199 days ago · 39 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 4.2114 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7199 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 3.327 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7193 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 4.647 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7193 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 3.1central Mediterranean Sea · 7191 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 3.6131 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7187 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 3.0102 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7186 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 3.946 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7172 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 4.0117 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7224 days ago · 51 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 4.4120 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7224 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 3.837 km SW of Kastrí, Greece · 7229 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.740 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7233 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.137 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7234 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.769 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7237 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 3.625 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7241 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 3.339 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7241 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 3.143 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7243 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 3.332 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7252 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 3.336 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7253 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f0yz. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC.