Greece earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 18 km SSW of Émponas, Greece

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 18 km SSW of Émponas, Greece on Wed, Jan 4, 2006, 11:22 AM GMT+2 (09:22 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 50 km SE of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-01-04 09:22:39 UTC
Depth
43.0 km (26.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.080° N, 27.770° 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 usp000e7ju. 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
159°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.116 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7573 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.010 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7573 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 3.426 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7572 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 3.226 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7572 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 3.61 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7569 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 3.124 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7568 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 3.329 km NW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7565 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 3.328 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7562 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.925 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7562 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.928 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7562 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 3.456 km WSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7557 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 3.18 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7556 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 3.616 km SE of Bodrum, Turkey · 7555 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 3.08 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7555 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 3.221 km SSE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7549 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 4.150 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.315 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 3.015 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7546 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 3.021 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7544 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 3.449 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7544 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 3.211 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7542 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 3.814 km E of Fry, Greece · 7539 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 3.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7532 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 3.322 km N of Fry, Greece · 7523 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 3.038 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 7518 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 3.26 km SSW of Datça, Turkey · 7516 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 3.117 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7577 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 3.548 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7577 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.13 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.130 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 3.318 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 3.513 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 3.524 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.117 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7581 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 3.215 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7581 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 3.756 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7582 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 3.026 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 3.313 km ESE of Faliraki, Greece · 7585 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 4.239 km N of Fry, Greece · 7588 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 3.017 km NNW of Datça, Turkey · 7589 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 3.210 km WNW of Mandráki, Greece · 7590 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 3.07 km W of Mandráki, Greece · 7590 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 3.49 km W of Mandráki, Greece · 7590 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 3.353 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7591 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 3.625 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7599 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 4.179 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7601 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e7ju. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC.