M3.7 earthquake 2 km WNW of Mavrochóri, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 2 km WNW of Mavrochóri, Greece on Thu, Feb 2, 2006, 2:00 AM GMT+2 (00:00 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km E of Argos Orestiko, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-02-02 00:00:27 UTC
- Depth
- 18.4 km (11.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.517° N, 21.292° 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 usp000e99t. 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
- 337°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.42 km NW of Chlói, Greece · 7547 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.25 km E of Argos Orestiko, Greece · 7547 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.04 km ESE of Argos Orestiko, Greece · 7547 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.34 km NNE of Tsotíli, Greece · 7547 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.78 km SE of Anaráchi, Greece · 7541 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.18 km NNW of Kalpáki, Greece · 7526 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.322 km NNE of Çorovodë, Albania · 7523 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.26 km SW of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7520 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.710 km SW of Çorovodë, Albania · 7520 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.219 km ENE of Kónitsa, Greece · 7517 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.011 km WNW of Pogradec, Albania · 7514 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.28 km SSE of Kónitsa, Greece · 7514 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e99t. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC.