M4.1 earthquake 53 km SW of Mandráki, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 53 km SW of Mandráki, Greece on Tue, Mar 28, 2006, 3:23 PM GMT+3 (12:23 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 8 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-03-28 12:23:55 UTC
- Depth
- 88.0 km (54.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 36.220° N, 26.790° 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 usp000ed4a. 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
- 58°
- Stations used
- 74
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 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.934 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7492 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.830 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece · 7492 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.427 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7485 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.219 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7484 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.425 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7483 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.514 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7479 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.59 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7478 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.122 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7475 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.216 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7472 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.78 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7471 days ago · 131 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.454 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7452 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.021 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7450 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.929 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7449 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.316 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7448 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.461 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 7445 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.137 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7444 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.329 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7442 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 2.719 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7499 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.518 km S of Sými, Greece · 7500 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.114 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7502 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.530 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7508 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.533 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7508 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.437 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7508 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7513 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.6Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7514 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.26 km SSW of Datça, Turkey · 7516 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.454 km SE of Emporeío, Greece · 7518 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ed4a. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:48 PM UTC.