M3.2 earthquake 43 km SW of Methóni, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 43 km SW of Methóni, Greece on Fri, Aug 25, 2006, 9:28 PM GMT+3 (18:28 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 15 km SW of Gargaliánoi, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-08-25 18:28:35 UTC
- Depth
- 34.0 km (21.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.560° N, 21.340° 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 usp000err0. 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9109 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 7339 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.989 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7337 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.348 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 7334 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.67 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 7333 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.451 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 7320 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.982 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 7320 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.766 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 7320 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.938 km SW of Epitálio, Greece · 7312 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.413 km SW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7311 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.334 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 7309 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.439 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 7309 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.38 km SSW of Messíni, Greece · 7309 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.315 km SW of Gargaliánoi, Greece · 7308 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.523 km W of Pýlos, Greece · 7308 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.16 km NNW of Meligalás, Greece · 7306 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.812 km NNE of Vlachópoulo, Greece · 7302 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Filiatrá, Greece · 7299 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.843 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 7296 days ago · 42 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.638 km SW of Epitálio, Greece · 7286 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 3.656 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 7345 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.514 km SW of Zacháro, Greece · 7347 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.260 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 7349 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.211 km SW of Methóni, Greece · 7351 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.224 km WSW of Gargaliánoi, Greece · 7356 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.673 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 7362 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.678 km S of Methóni, Greece · 7364 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.784 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7365 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.47 km SW of Zacháro, Greece · 7370 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.240 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7371 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.243 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 7371 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.147 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 7371 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.366 km S of Koróni, Greece · 7373 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.045 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 7374 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000err0. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.