M3.1 earthquake 18 km E of Agiá, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 18 km E of Agiá, Greece on Tue, Aug 22, 2006, 6:27 AM GMT+3 (03:27 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 4 km S of Kanália, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-08-22 03:27:28 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.710° N, 22.970° 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 usp000erg0. 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
- 74°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.35 km SW of Kanália, Greece · 7346 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.234 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7343 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.939 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 7343 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.839 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 7343 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.235 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7343 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.739 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7343 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.238 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7342 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.44 km S of Kanália, Greece · 7341 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.08 km WSW of Skiáthos, Greece · 7339 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.421 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 7335 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.245 km S of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7334 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.98 km NNE of Anávra, Greece · 7329 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.29 km E of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece · 7329 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.128 km S of Kassándreia, Greece · 7321 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.17 km NNW of Anávra, Greece · 7320 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.07 km E of Verdikoússa, Greece · 7316 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.012 km W of Litóchoro, Greece · 7310 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.218 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7304 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.310 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 7301 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.127 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 7300 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.918 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 7300 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.214 km SW of Skiáthos, Greece · 7298 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.13 km N of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 7290 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 3.27 km SSW of Kanália, Greece · 7347 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.95 km SSW of Kanália, Greece · 7347 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Peristerá, Greece · 7350 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.94 km E of Peristerá, Greece · 7351 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.08 km W of Aidipsós, Greece · 7358 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.18 km SE of Fársala, Greece · 7358 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.59 km S of Fársala, Greece · 7360 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.13 km SSE of Peristerá, Greece · 7363 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.123 km N of Skópelos, Greece · 7365 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.9Greece · 7365 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.210 km WNW of Skópelos, Greece · 7368 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.97 km SSW of Skiáthos, Greece · 7370 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.813 km N of Mantoúdi, Greece · 7371 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.913 km SSW of Skiáthos, Greece · 7374 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000erg0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:45 AM UTC.