M2.8 earthquake 20 km WSW of Kassándreia, Greece
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 20 km WSW of Kassándreia, Greece on Fri, Nov 24, 2006, 12:27 AM GMT+2 (22:27 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 19 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-11-23 22:27:47 UTC
- Depth
- 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.010° N, 23.180° 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 usp000eynt. 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
- 195°, 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: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.06 km SE of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7251 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.19 km SSW of Káto Lekhónia, Greece · 7243 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.28 km SSW of Káto Lekhónia, Greece · 7243 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.27 km WSW of Néa Apollonía, Greece · 7242 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.03 km SE of Velestíno, Greece · 7239 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.212 km ESE of Sárti, Greece · 7238 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.119 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7232 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.42 km NE of Arnaía, Greece · 7225 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.214 km NE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.817 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.322 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.320 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.119 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.120 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.018 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.322 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.119 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.220 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.325 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.018 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.119 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.224 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.219 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.222 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.216 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.238 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 7225 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.118 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.719 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.217 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7225 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.215 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 7224 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.118 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 7224 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.018 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7224 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.1Aegean Sea · 7224 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.022 km NE of Argalastí, Greece · 7224 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.018 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 7224 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.020 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 7222 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.219 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 7222 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.26 km N of Kateríni, Greece · 7222 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.614 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 7219 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.938 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7219 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.71 km ESE of Vathýlakkos, Greece · 7219 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.713 km WSW of Kassándreia, Greece · 7218 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.817 km WSW of Kassándreia, Greece · 7218 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.236 km E of Zagorá, Greece · 7218 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.138 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7218 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.121 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 7217 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.239 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 7204 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.314 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 7204 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.017 km NNW of Skiáthos, Greece · 7204 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.420 km WSW of Kassándreia, Greece · 7201 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
Before
- 3.211 km NNW of Gónnoi, Greece · 7255 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.19 km SSW of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7255 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.425 km S of Kassándreia, Greece · 7259 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.92 km SW of Thessaloníki, Greece · 7260 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.86 km ESE of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 7268 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.51 km ENE of Kolchikón, Greece · 7272 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.314 km N of Karyes, Greece · 7278 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eynt. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:43 AM UTC.