M3.6 earthquake 24 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 24 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece on Mon, Feb 6, 2006, 12:08 PM GMT+2 (10:08 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 21 km W of Katastárion, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-02-06 10:08:13 UTC
- Depth
- 21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.660° N, 20.530° 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 usp000e9me. 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
- 157°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.410 km WSW of Gáïos, Greece · 7541 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.5Ionian Sea · 7540 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.315 km NNW of Pappadátes, Greece · 7539 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.09 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7532 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.314 km SW of Karpenísi, Greece · 7531 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.121 km W of Katastárion, Greece · 7529 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.04 km SW of Lepenoú, Greece · 7527 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.2southern Greece · 7524 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.28 km NW of Astakós, Greece · 7524 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.01 km WSW of Thérmo, Greece · 7524 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.55 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7523 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.433 km SSW of Argostólion, Greece · 7522 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.15 km S of Menídi, Greece · 7521 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.38 km SSW of Paramythiá, Greece · 7517 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.417 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7514 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.20 km ESE of Lefkímmi, Greece · 7514 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.56 km N of Kandíla, Greece · 7511 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.68 km W of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7510 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.28 km W of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7510 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.5Ionian Sea · 7509 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.23 km SSE of Valsamáta, Greece · 7507 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.33 km SE of Argostólion, Greece · 7506 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.412 km E of Paramythiá, Greece · 7505 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.614 km S of Argostólion, Greece · 7505 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.52 km E of Lixoúri, Greece · 7504 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.631 km SSW of Argostólion, Greece · 7504 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.623 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7504 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.15 km NW of Amfilochía, Greece · 7502 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.73 km W of Sardínia, Greece · 7502 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.14 km W of Amfilochía, Greece · 7502 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.423 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7502 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.13 km WSW of Paramythiá, Greece · 7501 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.93 km NNW of Gavaloú, Greece · 7501 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.09 km SW of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 7498 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.05 km NNW of Amfilochía, Greece · 7498 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.110 km N of Thérmo, Greece · 7496 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7494 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.627 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7494 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.014 km SSW of Kerasochóri, Greece · 7493 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.08 km SSE of Itháki, Greece · 7493 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.28 km NW of Katastárion, Greece · 7493 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.02 km N of Kandíla, Greece · 7493 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.316 km N of Katastárion, Greece · 7493 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.415 km ENE of Menídi, Greece · 7488 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.34 km S of Monastiráki, Greece · 7487 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.1Ionian Sea · 7485 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 3.04 km NW of Loúros, Greece · 7543 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.55 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7544 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.410 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7544 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.414 km NNW of Katastárion, Greece · 7546 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.23 km NNE of Kanaláki, Greece · 7546 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.96 km W of Póros, Greece · 7546 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.44 km ENE of Lixoúri, Greece · 7546 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.20 km S of Kanaláki, Greece · 7550 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.214 km NNW of Itháki, Greece · 7551 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.214 km NW of Pappadátes, Greece · 7551 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.415 km WSW of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 7551 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.430 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7552 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.35 km NW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7552 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.128 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7557 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.324 km W of Préveza, Greece · 7557 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.328 km SSW of Perivóli, Greece · 7558 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.213 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7559 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.410 km SSE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7563 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.926 km WNW of Katastárion, Greece · 7564 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.67 km W of Pérdika, Greece · 7567 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
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