Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 38 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 38 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece on Fri, Mar 3, 2006, 4:32 AM GMT+2 (02:32 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 37 km S of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-03-03 02:32:16 UTC
Depth
48.0 km (29.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.770° N, 27.870° 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 usp000eb82. 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
224°, 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.079 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7514 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 3.6Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7514 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7513 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.530 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7508 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 3.98 km N of Ródos, Greece · 7506 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 3.230 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7504 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 3.518 km S of Sými, Greece · 7500 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 3.318 km ESE of Sými, Greece · 7493 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.934 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7492 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 3.834 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7488 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7488 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 3.219 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7485 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 5.337 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.531 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 3.417 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 3.532 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7478 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 3.822 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7478 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 3.435 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7475 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 3.216 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7473 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 3.322 km N of Fry, Greece · 7523 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.519 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 7527 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 3.641 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7529 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7532 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 3.814 km E of Fry, Greece · 7539 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.083 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7539 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 3.211 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7542 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 4.259 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7543 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 3.449 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7544 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 3.021 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7544 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 3.015 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7546 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 3.426 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 3.315 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 4.150 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7548 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eb82. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC.