Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 7 km ESE of Íasmos, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Íasmos, Greece on Tue, Dec 5, 2006, 7:17 PM GMT+2 (17:17 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 21 km S of Samothráki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-12-05 17:17:51 UTC
Depth
48.0 km (29.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.090° N, 25.260° 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 usp000ezkk. 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
108°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.53 km N of Íasmos, Greece · 7241 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 2.915 km SE of Topolovo, Bulgaria · 7234 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 3.322 km SSE of Samothráki, Greece · 7222 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.721 km S of Samothráki, Greece · 7222 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 3.720 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7219 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 3.4Aegean Sea · 7219 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.18 km ESE of Dzhebel, Bulgaria · 7218 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 3.523 km NE of Samothráki, Greece · 7185 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 3.130 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7253 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ezkk. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:25 AM UTC.