M3.1 earthquake 9 km SSW of Ouranoupolis, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 9 km SSW of Ouranoupolis, Greece on Tue, Nov 21, 2006, 2:15 AM GMT+2 (00:15 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 14 km SE of Sykiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-11-21 00:15:54 UTC
- Depth
- 27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.250° N, 23.950° 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 usp000eye4. 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
- 87°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.820 km WSW of Kassándreia, Greece · 7252 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.06 km SE of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7251 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.27 km WSW of Néa Apollonía, Greece · 7242 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.212 km ESE of Sárti, Greece · 7238 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.42 km NE of Arnaía, Greece · 7225 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.238 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 7224 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.938 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7219 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.713 km WSW of Kassándreia, Greece · 7218 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.817 km WSW of Kassándreia, Greece · 7218 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.236 km E of Zagorá, Greece · 7218 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.138 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7218 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.239 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 7204 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.314 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 7204 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.420 km WSW of Kassándreia, Greece · 7201 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 3.425 km S of Kassándreia, Greece · 7259 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.92 km SW of Thessaloníki, Greece · 7260 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.07 km E of Nigríta, Greece · 7260 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.144 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 7263 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.240 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 7264 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.51 km ENE of Kolchikón, Greece · 7272 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.246 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 7272 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.314 km N of Karyes, Greece · 7278 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eye4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:32 AM UTC.