M2.9 earthquake 30 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 30 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece on Thu, Nov 23, 2006, 10:05 PM GMT+2 (20:05 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 55 km WNW of Eresós, Greece. 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
- 2006-11-23 20:05:00 UTC
- Depth
- 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.640° N, 25.250° 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 usp000eynf. 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
- 143°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.130 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7252 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.05 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 7241 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.41 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 7241 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.213 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7232 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.511 km W of Pétra, Greece · 7230 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.322 km SSE of Samothráki, Greece · 7221 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.721 km S of Samothráki, Greece · 7221 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.015 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7219 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.329 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 7219 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.4Aegean Sea · 7218 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.131 km ENE of Patitírion, Greece · 7217 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.342 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7207 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.155 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7207 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.629 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7207 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.225 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7207 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.528 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7207 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.821 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 7207 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.633 km WNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7206 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.630 km NNW of Psará, Greece · 7199 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.330 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7199 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 3.338 km E of Mýrina, Greece · 7255 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.238 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 7258 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.238 km ENE of Mýrina, Greece · 7258 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.255 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7258 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.144 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 7263 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.240 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 7264 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.246 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 7272 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eynf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:31 AM UTC.