Greece earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 23 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 23 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece on Fri, Dec 8, 2006, 3:59 AM GMT+2 (01:59 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 11 km E of Kastrí, 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
2006-12-08 01:59:07 UTC
Depth
44.0 km (27.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.820° N, 25.020° 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 usp000ezrx. 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
188°, 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: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.96 km ENE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7237 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 3.67 km NNE of Káto Goúves, Greece · 7233 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 3.622 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7232 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 3.38 km NNE of Káto Goúves, Greece · 7232 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 3.539 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7232 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 3.4Crete, Greece · 7231 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 3.55 km SSW of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 7231 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.011 km E of Kastrí, Greece · 7231 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.852 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7230 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 3.642 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7221 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 3.025 km W of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7220 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 3.339 km N of Néa Alikarnassós, Greece · 7216 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 3.513 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 7216 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 3.119 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7215 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 3.536 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7214 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 3.319 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7213 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 3.063 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7206 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 3.231 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7204 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 3.423 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7202 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 4.028 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7202 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 3.339 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7201 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  22. 3.032 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7200 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 3.453 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7198 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 3.22 km WNW of Agía Galíni, Greece · 7195 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 3.6119 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7192 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 3.355 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7192 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.914 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 7191 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 2.922 km S of Moíres, Greece · 7191 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 3.23 km SW of Gérgeri, Greece · 7188 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 3.524 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7186 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  31. 3.167 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 7185 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 3.128 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7183 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away

Before

  1. 3.321 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7241 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 3.313 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7241 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 3.321 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7243 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 3.630 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7243 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 3.574 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7245 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 3.40 km ENE of Kritsá, Greece · 7250 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 3.347 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 7252 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 3.17 km N of Kokkíni Cháni, Greece · 7252 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 3.322 km E of Pýrgos, Greece · 7255 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 3.8Crete, Greece · 7256 days ago · 58 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 3.222 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7256 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 3.414 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7257 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 3.310 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7257 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 3.912 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7260 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 3.65 km SSW of Kastrí, Greece · 7260 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 3.514 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7261 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 3.5Crete, Greece · 7261 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 3.425 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7261 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ezrx. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:39 AM UTC.