M3.2 earthquake 8 km SSE of Kónitsa, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 8 km SSE of Kónitsa, Greece on Wed, Mar 8, 2006, 6:40 AM GMT+2 (04:40 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 13 km E of Paramythiá, 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
- 2006-03-08 04:40:53 UTC
- Depth
- 16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.980° N, 20.790° 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 usp000ebne. 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
- 175°
- 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: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.412 km E of Paramythiá, Greece · 7505 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.210 km SSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 7503 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.13 km WSW of Paramythiá, Greece · 7501 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.216 km W of Gjirokastër, Albania · 7500 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.09 km SW of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 7499 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.74 km ESE of Himarë, Albania · 7495 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.23 km NE of Katsikás, Greece · 7494 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.36 km W of Konispol, Albania · 7493 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.18 km N of Pappadátes, Greece · 7482 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.03 km ESE of Pigí, Greece · 7478 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.215 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 7478 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.37 km WSW of Prámanta, Greece · 7477 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.8Greece · 7477 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.83 km WNW of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7477 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.61 km N of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7476 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.37 km ESE of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7475 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.810 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7474 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.013 km E of Paramythiá, Greece · 7474 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.03 km WSW of Fíki, Greece · 7473 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.44 km W of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7472 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.817 km NE of Filiátes, Greece · 7469 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.38 km ESE of Himarë, Albania · 7457 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.16 km SE of Himarë, Albania · 7457 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 3.20 km ESE of Lefkímmi, Greece · 7514 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.219 km ENE of Kónitsa, Greece · 7516 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.38 km SSW of Paramythiá, Greece · 7518 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.710 km SW of Çorovodë, Albania · 7520 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.26 km SW of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7520 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.911 km E of Prámanta, Greece · 7522 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.322 km NNE of Çorovodë, Albania · 7523 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.18 km NNW of Kalpáki, Greece · 7525 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.33 km N of Himarë, Albania · 7532 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.315 km NNW of Pappadátes, Greece · 7539 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.78 km SE of Anaráchi, Greece · 7541 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ebne. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC.