M3.2 earthquake 131 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 131 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece on Wed, Aug 2, 2006, 12:32 AM GMT+3 (21:32 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 90 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-08-01 21:32:17 UTC
- Depth
- 56.0 km (34.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.870° N, 26.130° 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 usp000eq1h. 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
- 274°, 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.5128 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7363 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.361 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 7358 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.390 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7356 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.558 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7352 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.8134 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 7349 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.253 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7331 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.374 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7328 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.260 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 7327 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.173 km SSW of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 7308 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eq1h. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:07 PM UTC.