M3.4 earthquake 58 km WSW of Émponas, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 58 km WSW of Émponas, Greece on Sat, Nov 18, 2006, 3:30 PM GMT+2 (13:30 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 22 km SW of Mandráki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-11-18 13:30:42 UTC
- Depth
- 42.0 km (26.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.070° N, 27.240° 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 usp000ey57. 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
- 109°
- 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7254 days ago · 141 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.38 km NNW of Mandráki, Greece · 7253 days ago · 137 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.58 km N of Fry, Greece · 7252 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.339 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7250 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.0Crete, Greece · 7246 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.022 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7245 days ago · 122 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.026 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7240 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.415 km N of Fry, Greece · 7236 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.312 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7234 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.417 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7227 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.225 km SSW of Sými, Greece · 7215 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7209 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.435 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7209 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.45 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7208 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.534 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7203 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.125 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7199 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.324 km SE of Mandráki, Greece · 7199 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 3.212 km WNW of Datça, Turkey · 7258 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.231 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7258 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.12 km W of Mandráki, Greece · 7262 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.019 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7265 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.123 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7265 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.616 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.524 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ey57. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:52 PM UTC.