Greece earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 29 km WSW of Émponas, Greece

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 29 km WSW of Émponas, Greece on Wed, May 17, 2006, 9:17 PM GMT+3 (18:17 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 32 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-05-17 18:17:31 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.090° N, 27.580° 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 usp000ehbu. 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
124°
Stations used
11

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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.117 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7438 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 3.429 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7428 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.924 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7427 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.812 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7419 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 3.715 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7418 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 3.319 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 7418 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 3.023 km ESE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7416 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 3.44 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7414 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 3.615 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7414 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 3.319 km NW of Datça, Turkey · 7407 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 3.64 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7405 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.810 km SSE of Datça, Turkey · 7404 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 3.219 km ESE of Kos, Greece · 7403 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.918 km W of Datça, Turkey · 7401 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 3.644 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 7400 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.924 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7399 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 4.210 km E of Lárdos, Greece · 7397 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 4.112 km SE of Mandráki, Greece · 7390 days ago · 119 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 4.332 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7385 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 3.332 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7385 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 3.137 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7444 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 3.527 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7450 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.021 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7450 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 3.454 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7452 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.78 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7471 days ago · 131 km deep · 86 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ehbu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:37 AM UTC.