Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 34 km S of Palekastro, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 34 km S of Palekastro, Greece on Mon, Jul 24, 2006, 12:16 PM GMT+3 (09:16 UTC), 57 km (35 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
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-07-24 09:16:04 UTC
Depth
57.0 km (35.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.890° N, 26.260° 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 usp000epfe. 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
220°, 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.16 km N of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 7369 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.93 km NW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 7363 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.528 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7362 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.361 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7357 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 3.233 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7355 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 5.390 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7355 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 3.527 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7352 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 4.558 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7351 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 3.825 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7350 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 5.126 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7346 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 3.328 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7346 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 3.23 km ESE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7344 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 3.07 km NE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 3.313 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7343 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 3.720 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7338 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 3.253 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7330 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 3.549 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7328 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 3.318 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7327 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 3.260 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7326 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 3.437 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7322 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 3.612 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7317 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 3.430 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7316 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 3.151 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7383 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.827 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7387 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 3.132 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7389 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 3.817 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7394 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.316 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7403 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 3.347 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7403 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000epfe. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.