Greece earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 34 km SW of Émponas, Greece

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 34 km SW of Émponas, Greece on Wed, Mar 29, 2006, 12:11 AM GMT+3 (21:11 UTC), 42 km (26 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
2.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-03-28 21:11:41 UTC
Depth
42.0 km (26.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.030° N, 27.560° 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 usp000ed5d. 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
146°
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.834 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7488 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7488 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 3.427 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7486 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 3.219 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7486 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 5.337 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7481 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 3.531 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7481 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 3.417 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7481 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 3.514 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 3.532 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7479 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 3.59 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7479 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 3.822 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7479 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 3.122 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7476 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 3.435 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7475 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 3.216 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7473 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 4.78 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7472 days ago · 131 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 3.454 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7453 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 3.021 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7451 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 3.137 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7445 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 3.329 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7443 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 3.117 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7438 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 4.153 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7493 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 3.318 km ESE of Sými, Greece · 7493 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.917 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7500 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.719 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7500 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 3.414 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7500 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.518 km S of Sými, Greece · 7501 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 3.114 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7503 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 3.230 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7504 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.922 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7505 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 3.98 km N of Ródos, Greece · 7507 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 3.530 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7509 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7514 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 3.6Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7515 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 4.079 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7515 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 3.26 km SSW of Datça, Turkey · 7517 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 3.038 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 7519 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ed5d. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:33 PM UTC.