M3.3 earthquake 35 km WSW of Eresós, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 35 km WSW of Eresós, Greece on Thu, Apr 20, 2006, 8:46 PM GMT+3 (17:46 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 13 km WNW of Foça, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-04-20 17:46:47 UTC
- Depth
- 30.6 km (19.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.029° N, 25.560° 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 usp000ef0k. 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
- 151°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1Aegean Sea · 7445 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.713 km WNW of Foça, Turkey · 7430 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.423 km N of Psará, Greece · 7426 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.44 km S of Skópelos, Greece · 7417 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.235 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 7416 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 3.329 km NNW of Psará, Greece · 7471 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.123 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 7476 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.34 km E of Plomári, Greece · 7482 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.34 km ENE of Behram, Turkey · 7485 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.418 km S of Plomári, Greece · 7488 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.135 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 7488 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.214 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7498 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ef0k. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:45 AM UTC.