Greece earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 17 km SSE of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Fry, Greece on Wed, Jan 18, 2006, 6:30 AM GMT+2 (04:30 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 19 km ESE of Fry, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-01-18 04:30:58 UTC
Depth
16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.280° N, 27.010° 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 usp000e8dn. 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
206°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.620 km ENE of Palekastro, Greece · 7560 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 4.150 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7549 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7549 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 3.315 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7549 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 3.426 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7549 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 3.015 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7548 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 3.021 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7546 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.449 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7546 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 3.13 km WNW of Sitia, Greece · 7544 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 4.259 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7544 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 3.211 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7544 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 3.814 km E of Fry, Greece · 7541 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 3.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7534 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.130 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7532 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 3.641 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7531 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 4.519 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 7529 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 3.322 km N of Fry, Greece · 7525 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 3.038 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 7520 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 3.671 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7519 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 4.079 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7516 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 3.6Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7516 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  22. 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7515 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 3.533 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7510 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 3.530 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7510 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 3.230 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7505 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away

Before

  1. 3.143 km ESE of Ierápetra, Greece · 7565 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.61 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7571 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 3.638 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7573 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 3.444 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7577 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 3.548 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7579 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 3.357 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7580 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 3.13 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7583 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 3.130 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7583 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 3.318 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7583 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 3.513 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7583 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 3.524 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7583 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 3.756 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7584 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 3.215 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7587 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 3.247 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 7588 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 3.527 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7589 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 3.337 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 7589 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 4.239 km N of Fry, Greece · 7590 days ago · 85 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 3.353 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7593 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e8dn. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.