2009 Crete earthquake
A 6.4 Mw earthquake occurred on 1 July 2009 off the southern coast of the Island of Crete, Greece, at 12:30:09 local time UTC+3, 09:30:09 UTC. The quake was felt as far away as Cairo, Egypt, although it was not felt in Athens. The quake was felt quite sharply in Lasithi prefecture, and throughout the Heraklion Prefecture. There were a number of smaller earthquakes in the region in the three days preceding the quake, and there was a very small tsunami on the south coast of Crete on the day preceding the quake.
The quake occurred along the plate boundary where the African Plate is pushing north and under the Aegean Sea Plate, causing the Hellenic Trench and subduction zone.
Aftershocks
There were a large number of aftershocks lasting at least a week. Among the largest were:
- 4.9 Mw, on July 1 at 12:59:07 (local time)
- 4.2 Mw, on July 2 at 09:17:12 (local time)
- 4.3 Mw, on July 3 at 07:16:47 (local time)
- 4.9 Mw, on July 7 at 03:32:46 (local time)
- 4.8 Mw, on July 7 at 04:02:47 (local time)
- 4.7 Mw, on July 8 at 09:19:58 (local time)
- 4.6 Mw, on July 9 at 19:27:41 (local time)
See also
- 365 Crete earthquake
- 1953 Western Turkey earthquake
- 1953 Ionian Earthquake
- 2006 Southern Greece earthquake, which damaged western Crete