M2.9 earthquake Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck in Greece on Fri, Aug 4, 2006, 12:09 AM GMT+3 (21:09 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km SSW of Kanália, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-08-03 21:09:03 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.780° N, 21.820° 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 usp000eq6k. 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
- 185°, 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: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.59 km S of Fársala, Greece · 7360 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.18 km SE of Fársala, Greece · 7358 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.714 km NE of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7351 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.95 km SSW of Kanália, Greece · 7347 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.27 km SSW of Kanália, Greece · 7346 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.118 km E of Agiá, Greece · 7346 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.35 km SW of Kanália, Greece · 7346 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.013 km SW of Metsovo, Greece · 7344 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.44 km S of Kanália, Greece · 7341 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.11 km W of Kallíthiro, Greece · 7338 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.013 km WSW of Deskáti, Greece · 7334 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.211 km WSW of Deskáti, Greece · 7333 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.25 km NE of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7333 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.94 km ESE of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7331 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.43 km E of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7331 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.98 km NNE of Anávra, Greece · 7329 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.216 km NE of Kerasochóri, Greece · 7320 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.114 km S of Kallíthiro, Greece · 7320 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.116 km WSW of Anávra, Greece · 7320 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.17 km NNW of Anávra, Greece · 7319 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.07 km E of Verdikoússa, Greece · 7315 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.312 km SSW of Kallíthiro, Greece · 7315 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.012 km W of Litóchoro, Greece · 7310 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 3.14 km SSE of Rízoma, Greece · 7377 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.52 km NNW of Kerasochóri, Greece · 7378 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.29 km SW of Stavráki, Greece · 7385 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.718 km S of Anthiró, Greece · 7392 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.2Greece-Albania border region · 7394 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.311 km E of Prámanta, Greece · 7394 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eq6k. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:48 AM UTC.