M3.1 earthquake 36 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 36 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece on Fri, Dec 22, 2006, 3:11 AM GMT+2 (01:11 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 34 km WNW 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
- 2006-12-22 01:11:07 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.560° N, 25.900° 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 usp000f0ru. 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
- 128°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.339 km N of Néa Alikarnassós, Greece · 7214 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.129 km NE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7211 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.319 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7211 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.231 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7202 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.423 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7199 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.028 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7199 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.524 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7184 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.128 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7180 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.234 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7176 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.28 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7176 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.535 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7175 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.19 km ENE of Schísma Eloúndas, Greece · 7174 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.419 km N of Fry, Greece · 7173 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.245 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7173 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.620 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7166 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 3.38 km NNE of Káto Goúves, Greece · 7230 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.633 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 7230 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.67 km NNE of Káto Goúves, Greece · 7230 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.451 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7234 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.96 km ENE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7234 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.415 km N of Fry, Greece · 7236 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.418 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7238 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.026 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7240 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.321 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7241 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.0Crete, Greece · 7246 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.40 km ENE of Kritsá, Greece · 7248 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.17 km N of Kokkíni Cháni, Greece · 7250 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.322 km E of Pýrgos, Greece · 7252 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.58 km N of Fry, Greece · 7252 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.222 km SW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7254 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f0ru. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC.