Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake Dodecanese Islands, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck in the Dodecanese Islands, Greece on Fri, Feb 17, 2006, 12:00 AM GMT+2 (22:00 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 37 km S of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-02-16 22:00:40 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.900° N, 27.610° 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 usp000ea6f. 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
198°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.641 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7529 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.519 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 7527 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 3.322 km N of Fry, Greece · 7523 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 3.038 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 7518 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 3.26 km SSW of Datça, Turkey · 7516 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.079 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7514 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 3.6Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7514 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7513 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 3.530 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7508 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 3.98 km N of Ródos, Greece · 7506 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.230 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7503 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 3.114 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7502 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 3.518 km S of Sými, Greece · 7500 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.719 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7499 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 3.318 km ESE of Sými, Greece · 7492 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 4.153 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7492 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.934 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7492 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 3.834 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7488 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7487 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 3.427 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7485 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 3.219 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7485 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 5.337 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 3.531 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 3.417 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 3.514 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7479 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 3.532 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7478 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 3.822 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7478 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 3.122 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7475 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 3.435 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7474 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 3.216 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7472 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 3.814 km E of Fry, Greece · 7539 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 3.211 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7542 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.259 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7542 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.449 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7544 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 3.021 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7544 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 3.015 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7546 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 3.426 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 3.315 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 4.150 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 3.08 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7555 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 3.417 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7562 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.928 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7562 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.925 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7562 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ea6f. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:47 PM UTC.