M3.4 earthquake 10 km WSW of Gáïos, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 10 km WSW of Gáïos, Greece on Wed, Feb 8, 2006, 4:27 PM GMT+2 (14:27 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 5 km NNW of Amfilochía, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-02-08 14:27:22 UTC
- Depth
- 30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.160° N, 20.080° 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 usp000e9s9. 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
- 181°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.315 km NNW of Pappadátes, Greece · 7539 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.18 km NNW of Kalpáki, Greece · 7525 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.15 km S of Menídi, Greece · 7521 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.26 km SW of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7520 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.38 km SSW of Paramythiá, Greece · 7517 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.417 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.20 km ESE of Lefkímmi, Greece · 7514 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.56 km N of Kandíla, Greece · 7511 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.412 km E of Paramythiá, Greece · 7505 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.210 km SSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 7502 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.15 km NW of Amfilochía, Greece · 7502 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.73 km W of Sardínia, Greece · 7502 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.14 km W of Amfilochía, Greece · 7502 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.13 km WSW of Paramythiá, Greece · 7501 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.09 km SW of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 7498 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.05 km NNW of Amfilochía, Greece · 7498 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.23 km NE of Katsikás, Greece · 7494 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.02 km N of Kandíla, Greece · 7493 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.36 km W of Konispol, Albania · 7492 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.34 km S of Monastiráki, Greece · 7487 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.18 km N of Pappadátes, Greece · 7481 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 3.624 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7543 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.04 km NW of Loúros, Greece · 7544 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.23 km NNE of Kanaláki, Greece · 7546 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.20 km S of Kanaláki, Greece · 7550 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.214 km NNW of Itháki, Greece · 7551 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.10 km SE of Ioánnina, Greece · 7551 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.20 km SSW of Eleoúsa, Greece · 7551 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.214 km NW of Pappadátes, Greece · 7551 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.415 km WSW of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 7551 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.430 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7552 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.35 km NW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7552 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.128 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7557 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.324 km W of Préveza, Greece · 7557 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.328 km SSW of Perivóli, Greece · 7559 days ago · 31 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.213 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7559 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.410 km SSE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7563 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.67 km W of Pérdika, Greece · 7567 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.35 km SSE of Kalpáki, Greece · 7569 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e9s9. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:53 AM UTC.