Greece earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 37 km ESE of Faliraki, Greece

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 37 km ESE of Faliraki, Greece on Tue, Oct 3, 2006, 12:44 AM GMT+3 (21:44 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 eastern Mediterranean Sea. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-10-02 21:44:00 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.240° N, 28.600° 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 usp000euce. 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
142°
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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.530 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7304 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.325 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7302 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.022 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7300 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.418 km S of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7293 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 3.117 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7287 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 3.115 km SSW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7262 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 3.9eastern Mediterranean Sea · 7261 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 3.022 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7246 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 3.7104 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 7308 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 3.031 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7308 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7320 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.526 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7323 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.2eastern Mediterranean Sea · 7326 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.520 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 7328 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.012 km NW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7328 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000euce. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC.