Greece earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 20 km SSE of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 20 km SSE of Fry, Greece on Tue, Aug 29, 2006, 10:08 PM GMT+3 (19:08 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 75 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-08-29 19:08:23 UTC
Depth
26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.250° N, 27.020° 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 usp000es1n. 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
176°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.051 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7333 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 3.549 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7328 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 3.318 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7327 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 3.340 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7324 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 3.437 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7322 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7320 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 3.612 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7317 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 3.430 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7316 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 3.236 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7314 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 3.159 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7313 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 3.37 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7313 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 3.729 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7311 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 3.533 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7309 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 3.223 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7308 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 3.851 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7306 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 3.125 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7305 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 4.074 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7305 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 3.033 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7304 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 3.235 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7298 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 4.28 km S of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 3.33 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 4.775 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7294 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 3.665 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7291 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 3.219 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7287 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 3.142 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 7287 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 3.358 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7286 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 4.524 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 3.616 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  29. 4.383 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7280 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 3.143 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7279 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 2.942 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7342 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.943 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7342 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 3.313 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7343 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 3.31 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 3.218 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 3.147 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7343 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 3.48 km WSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7345 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 3.328 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7345 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 5.126 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7346 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 3.825 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7350 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 3.341 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7350 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 3.849 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7351 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 4.558 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7351 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 3.527 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7352 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 3.259 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7354 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 3.233 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 7355 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 3.441 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7361 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 3.619 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 7361 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 3.337 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7363 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000es1n. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC.