Greece earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 18 km SE of Kos, Greece

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 18 km SE of Kos, Greece on Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 3:33 AM GMT+3 (00:33 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 22 km SW of Mandráki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-10-06 00:33:41 UTC
Depth
28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.780° N, 27.440° 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 usp000euj4. 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
163°
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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.223 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7301 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 3.022 km NW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7300 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 3.327 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7299 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 3.134 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7296 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 3.418 km S of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7294 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 3.117 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7288 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 3.433 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece · 7286 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.935 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece · 7286 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 3.134 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece · 7286 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 3.428 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7283 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 3.510 km WSW of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 7277 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 3.117 km SW of Megálo Chorió, Greece · 7268 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 3.123 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7266 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 3.019 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7266 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 3.115 km SSW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7263 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 3.12 km W of Mandráki, Greece · 7263 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 3.212 km WNW of Datça, Turkey · 7258 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 3.458 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7258 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7254 days ago · 141 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 3.38 km NNW of Mandráki, Greece · 7254 days ago · 137 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 3.230 km SW of Bay?r, Turkey · 7248 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 3.022 km NNW of Marmaris, Turkey · 7247 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 4.022 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7246 days ago · 122 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 3.426 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7242 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 3.325 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7302 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.923 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7304 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 3.139 km SE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7304 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.530 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7304 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 3.530 km WNW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 7304 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 3.031 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7309 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 3.030 km ESE of Mandráki, Greece · 7315 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7321 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.95 km NNE of Milas, Turkey · 7323 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 3.526 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7324 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 4.520 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 7329 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000euj4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC.