Greece earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 47 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 47 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Mon, Jun 26, 2006, 3:14 AM GMT+3 (00:14 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 90 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-06-26 00:14:57 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.820° N, 26.500° 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 usp000em9t. 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
232°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

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 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.316 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7405 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 3.239 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7404 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 3.817 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7396 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 3.419 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7380 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.534 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7376 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 3.5128 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7364 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 3.361 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7359 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 3.233 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7357 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 5.390 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7356 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 3.527 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7354 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 4.558 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7353 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 3.825 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7352 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 5.126 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7347 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 3.328 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7347 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 3.48 km WSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7347 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 3.218 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7345 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 3.31 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7345 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 4.058 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7409 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 3.125 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7409 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 3.419 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7415 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 3.44 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7416 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.345 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7417 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 3.530 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7419 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 3.715 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7420 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 3.324 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7420 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.322 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7420 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 4.312 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7420 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 3.925 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7421 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 3.630 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 7421 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 3.812 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7421 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 3.437 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7422 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 3.476 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7423 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 3.732 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7425 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 4.0102 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7429 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 3.727 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7434 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000em9t. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:09 PM UTC.