M3.1 earthquake 22 km WSW of Limenária, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 22 km WSW of Limenária, Greece on Mon, Jan 30, 2006, 1:32 AM GMT+2 (23:32 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 13 km SSW of Sykiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-01-29 23:32:01 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.580° N, 24.320° 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 usp000e93w. 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
- 82°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.645 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 7549 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.543 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 7549 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.02 km N of Ierissós, Greece · 7531 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.2Aegean Sea · 7528 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.46 km NNW of Íasmos, Greece · 7527 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.713 km SSW of Sykiá, Greece · 7523 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.314 km SSW of Sykiá, Greece · 7523 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.512 km SSW of Sykiá, Greece · 7523 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.713 km SSW of Sykiá, Greece · 7523 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.08 km ESE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7521 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.715 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 7519 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e93w. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:40 PM UTC.