Greece earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 27 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 27 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece on Wed, Jul 12, 2006, 5:00 AM GMT+3 (02:00 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 58 km S of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-07-12 02:00:57 UTC
Depth
42.0 km (26.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.790° N, 25.310° 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 usp000enec. 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
198°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.151 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7384 days ago · 36 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.271 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7382 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.294 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7378 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 3.424 km ESE of Kastrí, Greece · 7377 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.534 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7376 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 3.337 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7375 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 4.16 km N of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 7370 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.942 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7369 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 3.324 km SSE of Moíres, Greece · 7369 days ago · 57 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 3.589 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7369 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.93 km NW of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 7364 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 3.528 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7363 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 3.531 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7361 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 3.361 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7358 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 4.113 km N of Limín Khersonísou, Greece · 7355 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 4.558 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7352 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 3.983 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7350 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.925 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7347 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 3.23 km ESE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7345 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 3.07 km NE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7345 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 3.367 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7342 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 3.333 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7339 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 3.253 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7331 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  24. 3.635 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7329 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 3.132 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7390 days ago · 37 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 3.132 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7393 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 3.452 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7401 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 3.231 km SSW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7403 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 3.524 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece · 7403 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 3.524 km W of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7406 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 3.227 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7409 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 3.441 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 7410 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 3.721 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 7411 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 3.189 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 3.8Crete, Greece · 7412 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 3.691 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 3.3106 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 3.2102 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 3.5104 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 3.4109 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7412 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 4.681 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7413 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 3.5106 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7413 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 3.918 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 7415 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 4.166 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7415 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000enec. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:26 AM UTC.