M3.3 earthquake 45 km ESE of Mýrina, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 45 km ESE of Mýrina, Greece on Fri, Oct 20, 2006, 6:26 AM GMT+3 (03:26 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 38 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-10-20 03:26:44 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.650° N, 25.510° 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 usp000evju. 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
- 136°
- 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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.321 km ESE of Samothráki, Greece · 7287 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.943 km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7287 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.424 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7284 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.327 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7284 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.533 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7284 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.246 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 7272 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.332 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7265 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.329 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7265 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.330 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7263 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.255 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7259 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.238 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 7259 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.238 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 7258 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.338 km E of Mýrina, Greece · 7256 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.531 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7255 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.930 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 7253 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.130 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7252 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.415 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7252 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.05 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 7242 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.41 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 7242 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.213 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7233 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.511 km W of Pétra, Greece · 7231 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000evju. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:54 PM UTC.