M3.1 earthquake 59 km NW of Fry, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 59 km NW of Fry, Greece on Sat, Sep 23, 2006, 8:01 PM GMT+3 (17:01 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 24 km SE of Fry, 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
- 2006-09-23 17:01:08 UTC
- Depth
- 14.8 km (9.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.784° N, 26.441° 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 usp000etny. 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.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.37 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7313 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.729 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7311 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.533 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7309 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.223 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7308 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.125 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7306 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.033 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7304 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.139 km SE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7303 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.223 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7301 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.235 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7298 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.28 km S of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.33 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7297 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.219 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7287 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.142 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 7287 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.262 km NNE of Sísion, Greece · 7284 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.524 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.616 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7283 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.267 km SE of Emporeío, Greece · 7281 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.123 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7265 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.019 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7265 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.231 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7258 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.458 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7258 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7254 days ago · 141 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 3.236 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7314 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.132 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7314 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.430 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7316 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.612 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7317 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.124 km SE of Emporeío, Greece · 7319 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.437 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7322 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.340 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7324 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.318 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7327 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.549 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7328 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.051 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7333 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.720 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7338 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.942 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7342 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.943 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7342 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.313 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7343 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.31 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7343 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000etny. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.