M2.6 earthquake 2 km ENE of Ágios Loukás, Greece
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of Ágios Loukás, Greece on Sat, Nov 4, 2006, 2:38 AM GMT+2 (00:38 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 8 km ENE of Tsotíli, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-11-04 00:38:00 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.729° N, 22.320° 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 usp000ewk8. 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
- 173°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.51 km ENE of Kolchikón, Greece · 7272 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.07 km SW of Siátista, Greece · 7264 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.28 km ENE of Tsotíli, Greece · 7264 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.92 km SW of Thessaloníki, Greece · 7260 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.211 km NNW of Gónnoi, Greece · 7255 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.27 km WSW of Néa Apollonía, Greece · 7243 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.26 km N of Kateríni, Greece · 7222 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.71 km ESE of Vathýlakkos, Greece · 7219 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Melíti, Greece · 7216 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ewk8. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.