M3.1 earthquake 32 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 32 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece on Sat, Sep 23, 2006, 3:10 AM GMT+3 (00:10 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 8 km S of Fry, 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
- 2006-09-23 00:10:10 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.530° N, 25.880° 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 usp000etm9. 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
- 105°
- 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: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.159 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7314 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.37 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7314 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.729 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7312 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.533 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7310 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.223 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7308 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.125 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7306 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.033 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7304 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.449 km N of Néa Alikarnassós, Greece · 7299 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.235 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7298 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.28 km S of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.33 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.219 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7288 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.142 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 7287 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.232 km NNE of Pánormos, Greece · 7286 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.262 km NNE of Sísion, Greece · 7284 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.616 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.267 km SE of Emporeío, Greece · 7282 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.425 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7259 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.5Crete, Greece · 7259 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.514 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7259 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.912 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7258 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.310 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7255 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.414 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7255 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 3.430 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7316 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.124 km SE of Emporeío, Greece · 7320 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.437 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7322 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.549 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7329 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.051 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7334 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.313 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7343 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.07 km NE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7344 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.23 km ESE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7344 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000etm9. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:17 AM UTC.