Greece earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 43 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 43 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece on Fri, Oct 27, 2006, 3:20 PM GMT+3 (12:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 32 km S of Fry, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-10-27 12:20:15 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.180° N, 27.470° 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 usp000ew4k. 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.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
333°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.761 km S of Fry, Greece · 7270 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 3.657 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7261 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 3.231 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7259 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 3.788 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7258 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 3.58 km N of Fry, Greece · 7254 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 3.339 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7252 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.4Crete, Greece · 7245 days ago · 87 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 3.140 km S of Fry, Greece · 7245 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 3.559 km S of Fry, Greece · 7241 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 3.026 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7241 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 3.279 km S of Fry, Greece · 7238 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 3.874 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7237 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 3.415 km N of Fry, Greece · 7237 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 3.190 km S of Fry, Greece · 7235 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.312 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7235 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 3.633 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 7231 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 3.417 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7229 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 4.632 km S of Fry, Greece · 7223 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 4.383 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7282 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 3.616 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7284 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.524 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7284 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 3.33 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7299 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.28 km S of Fry, Greece · 7299 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 3.235 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7299 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 3.033 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7305 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.074 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7306 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 3.125 km SW of Fry, Greece · 7307 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 3.851 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7307 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 3.223 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7309 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 3.533 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7311 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ew4k. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:18 AM UTC.