2009 Crete earthquake

The 2009 Crete earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.4 on 1 July off the southern coast of the Island of Crete, Greece, at 12:30:09 local time. The shock 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.