M3.1 earthquake 24 km NE of Firá, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 24 km NE of Firá, Greece on Sun, Feb 19, 2006, 1:50 PM GMT+2 (11:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 54 km SE of Emporeío, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-02-19 11:50:39 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.560° N, 25.640° 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 usp000eacc. 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
- 132°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.454 km SE of Emporeío, Greece · 7518 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.437 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7508 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.830 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece · 7492 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.425 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7483 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eacc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC.