Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake Crete, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck in Crete, Greece on Mon, Dec 10, 2007, 7:06 PM GMT+2 (17:06 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 54 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-12-10 17:06:36 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.130° N, 25.230° 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 usp000fu76. 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
116°
Stations used
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

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

After

  1. 3.678 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6869 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 3.563 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6864 days ago · 88 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.180 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6863 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 3.825 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6862 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 3.640 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6862 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 3.228 km SSW of Moíres, Greece · 6855 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.153 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6844 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 3.123 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6840 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 4.354 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 6838 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 3.447 km S of Moíres, Greece · 6829 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 3.353 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6818 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 4.027 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6813 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 3.225 km ESE of Pýrgos, Greece · 6878 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 3.755 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 6882 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 3.833 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6882 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 3.6Crete, Greece · 6885 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.33 km E of Pýrgos, Greece · 6886 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.1105 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 6892 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 3.347 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 6895 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 3.497 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 6897 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fu76. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:06 AM UTC.