M3.5 earthquake 2 km E of Lixoúri, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 2 km E of Lixoúri, Greece on Thu, Mar 16, 2006, 8:53 PM GMT+2 (18:53 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 16 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-03-16 18:53:03 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.200° N, 20.460° 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 usp000ec9v. 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
- 239°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.631 km SSW of Argostólion, Greece · 7504 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.623 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7504 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.488 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7503 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.15 km NW of Amfilochía, Greece · 7502 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.112 km WSW of Kardamás, Greece · 7502 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.73 km W of Sardínia, Greece · 7502 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.14 km W of Amfilochía, Greece · 7502 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.423 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7502 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.93 km NNW of Gavaloú, Greece · 7501 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.05 km NNW of Amfilochía, Greece · 7498 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.14 km SSW of Vartholomió, Greece · 7495 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7494 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.627 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7494 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.08 km SSE of Itháki, Greece · 7493 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.28 km NW of Katastárion, Greece · 7493 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.02 km N of Kandíla, Greece · 7493 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.316 km N of Katastárion, Greece · 7493 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.017 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7487 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.318 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7487 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.34 km S of Monastiráki, Greece · 7487 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.521 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7487 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.522 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7487 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.514 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7487 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.322 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7487 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.114 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7486 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.520 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7486 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.419 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7486 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.514 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7485 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
- 3.318 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7485 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.517 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7485 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.320 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7485 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.418 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7485 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.1Ionian Sea · 7485 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.720 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7485 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.316 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7485 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.619 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7485 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.410 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7484 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7484 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.07 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7484 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.118 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7484 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.018 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7484 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.13 km ESE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7484 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.36 km ESE of Zakynthos, Greece · 7484 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.516 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7484 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.217 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7484 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.441 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7483 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.018 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7482 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.227 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 7481 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.217 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7481 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.412 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7481 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.817 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7481 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.913 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7481 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.714 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7481 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.217 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7481 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.110 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 7480 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.616 km ESE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7480 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.444 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 7480 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.415 km SE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7480 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.710 km SE of Zakynthos, Greece · 7479 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.49 km NE of Zakynthos, Greece · 7479 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 3.614 km S of Argostólion, Greece · 7505 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.574 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 7505 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.33 km SE of Argostólion, Greece · 7506 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.569 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7507 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.23 km SSE of Valsamáta, Greece · 7507 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.5Ionian Sea · 7509 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.37 km ENE of Zakynthos, Greece · 7509 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.28 km W of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7510 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.68 km W of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7510 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.56 km N of Kandíla, Greece · 7511 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.417 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 7514 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.17 km SSE of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7518 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.433 km SSW of Argostólion, Greece · 7522 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.55 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 7523 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.28 km NW of Astakós, Greece · 7524 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.2southern Greece · 7524 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.04 km SW of Lepenoú, Greece · 7527 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.19 km NNE of Káto Acha?a, Greece · 7528 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.73 km E of Arkoúdi, Greece · 7529 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.121 km W of Katastárion, Greece · 7529 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ec9v. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:05 AM UTC.