Greece earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 71 km SE of Palekastro, Greece

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 71 km SE of Palekastro, Greece on Sat, Mar 4, 2006, 7:19 AM GMT+2 (05:19 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 37 km S of Karpathos, 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
2006-03-04 05:19:03 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.680° N, 26.720° 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 usp000ebbx. 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
226°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

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 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.6Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7514 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7513 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 3.230 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7503 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 3.340 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7501 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 3.230 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7492 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 3.459 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7489 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.338 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7489 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 3.341 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7489 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 3.834 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7487 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7487 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 3.325 km ENE of Palekastro, Greece · 7483 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 5.337 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 3.531 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 3.417 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 3.532 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7478 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 3.822 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7477 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 3.554 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7477 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 3.435 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7474 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 3.517 km NW of Sitia, Greece · 7465 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 3.826 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7462 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 4.519 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 7527 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 3.641 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7529 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 3.130 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7530 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 3.814 km E of Fry, Greece · 7539 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 3.19 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7542 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 3.13 km WNW of Sitia, Greece · 7542 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 3.015 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7546 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ebbx. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.