Greece earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 37 km NW of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 37 km NW of Karpathos, Greece on Tue, May 16, 2006, 3:31 AM GMT+3 (00:31 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 12 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-05-16 00:31:00 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.770° N, 26.950° 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 usp000eh7j. 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
179°
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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.329 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7442 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.924 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7427 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.732 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7423 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 3.812 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7419 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 3.630 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 7419 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 3.925 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7419 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.312 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7418 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 4.322 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7418 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 3.324 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7418 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 3.715 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7418 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 3.319 km WNW of Émponas, Greece · 7418 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 3.023 km ESE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7416 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 3.345 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7415 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 3.44 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7414 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 3.615 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7413 days ago · 52 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 3.419 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7413 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 3.125 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7407 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 4.058 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7407 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 3.64 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7405 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 4.316 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7403 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 3.239 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7402 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 3.817 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7394 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 4.112 km SE of Mandráki, Greece · 7390 days ago · 119 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 4.332 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7385 days ago · 50 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 3.332 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7385 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away

Before

  1. 3.155 km S of Fry, Greece · 7444 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 3.547 km S of Fry, Greece · 7444 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.461 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7445 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 4.334 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7447 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 4.133 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7447 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 3.313 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7448 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 3.316 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7448 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.929 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7449 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 3.021 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7450 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 3.832 km S of Fry, Greece · 7450 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 3.454 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7452 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 3.517 km NW of Sitia, Greece · 7465 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 3.216 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7472 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eh7j. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:50 PM UTC.