M2.9 earthquake 25 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 25 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece on Wed, Jan 18, 2006, 6:04 AM GMT+2 (04:04 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 16 km SE of Bodrum, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-01-18 04:04:38 UTC
- Depth
- 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.390° N, 27.070° 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 usp000e8dh. 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
- 89°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.928 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7562 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.18 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7556 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Bodrum, Turkey · 7555 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.08 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7555 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.221 km SSE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7549 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.423 km ESE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7545 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.021 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7544 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.449 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7544 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.211 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7542 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7532 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.322 km N of Fry, Greece · 7523 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.038 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 7518 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.26 km SSW of Datça, Turkey · 7516 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.437 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7508 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.530 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7508 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.922 km NE of Datça, Turkey · 7503 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.114 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7502 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 3.328 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7562 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.223 km ESE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7565 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.124 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7568 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.61 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7569 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.226 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7572 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.426 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7572 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.010 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7573 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.116 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7573 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.418 km SSW of Émponas, Greece · 7575 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.117 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 7577 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.357 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7578 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.13 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.130 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.318 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.524 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.117 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7581 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.215 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7581 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.026 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 7583 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.527 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7587 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.239 km N of Fry, Greece · 7588 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e8dh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC.