M3.7 earthquake 104 km SE of Lárdos, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 104 km SE of Lárdos, Greece on Fri, Sep 29, 2006, 3:01 AM GMT+3 (00:01 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 74 km SE of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-09-29 00:01:02 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.360° N, 28.740° 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 usp000eu1b. 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
- 122°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.851 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7306 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.074 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7305 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.237 km ESE of Faliraki, Greece · 7304 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.5113 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 7304 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.1185 km SSW of Ka?, Turkey · 7294 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.9eastern Mediterranean Sea · 7261 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.657 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7259 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eu1b. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:48 AM UTC.