Greece earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 120 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 120 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Sun, Dec 24, 2006, 2:51 AM GMT+2 (00:51 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 86 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-12-24 00:51:29 UTC
Depth
3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.170° N, 26.690° 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 usp000f0v4. 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
113°
Stations used
66

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.365 km S of Fry, Greece · 7218 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 3.231 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7202 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 3.355 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7189 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 3.535 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7175 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.245 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7173 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.186 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7170 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 3.576 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7167 days ago · 84 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.198 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7164 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 3.076 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7230 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 3.451 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7234 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 3.190 km S of Fry, Greece · 7234 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 3.874 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7236 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 3.481 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7237 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 3.279 km S of Fry, Greece · 7237 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 3.761 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7239 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 3.559 km S of Fry, Greece · 7240 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 3.140 km S of Fry, Greece · 7244 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.4Crete, Greece · 7244 days ago · 87 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 3.7117 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7246 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 3.891 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7250 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f0v4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:08 AM UTC.