Greece earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 63 km SW of Kýthira, Greece

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 63 km SW of Kýthira, Greece on Sat, Feb 3, 2007, 3:43 PM GMT+2 (13:43 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.4 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-02-03 13:43:23 UTC
Depth
59.1 km (36.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.806° N, 22.432° E
Region
Greece
Felt reports
6
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
5.4Mwc, centroid momentUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
5.4Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.1
5.4Mwc, centroid momentGlobal CMT projectPreliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Athens, Chania, Nikaia, Palaion Faliron, Tripolis and Vair, Greece.

From the USGS event page for usp000f473. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1
Strike 93°, dip 68°, rake 173°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 186°, dip 83°, rake 22°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
43°
Stations used
484

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.865 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7181 days ago · 86 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 3.820 km NW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7174 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.470 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7173 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 3.124 km SSW of Asopós, Greece · 7173 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.380 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7170 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 4.221 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7170 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 3.946 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 7169 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 3.231 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7167 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 3.428 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7166 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 3.427 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7163 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.841 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 7158 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 3.253 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7154 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 3.847 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7149 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 4.191 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7148 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 3.848 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 7148 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 3.932 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7146 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 3.744 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7143 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 3.122 km ENE of Kýthira, Greece · 7141 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 3.224 km WNW of Kíssamos, Greece · 7132 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 3.890 km SSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7128 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 3.773 km WSW of Kýthira, Greece · 7125 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away

Before

  1. 3.284 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7183 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 3.0102 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7183 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.647 km WNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7184 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 3.544 km ESE of Kýthira, Greece · 7185 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.422 km NE of Kýthira, Greece · 7187 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 3.1central Mediterranean Sea · 7188 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 3.769 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7198 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 3.454 km W of Kýthira, Greece · 7200 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.824 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7202 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 3.8112 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 7204 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.631 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7206 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f473 (also filed as us2007yiau, gcmtc200702031343a, gcmt20070203134323, iscgem11495760). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC.