Greece earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 30 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 30 km WSW of Pánormos, Greece on Wed, Mar 29, 2006, 12:31 AM GMT+3 (21:31 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 8 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-03-28 21:31:43 UTC
Depth
29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.890° N, 26.610° 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 usp000ed5e. 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
122°
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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.425 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7483 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 3.514 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 3.59 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 7478 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 3.122 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7476 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 4.78 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 7471 days ago · 131 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 3.021 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7451 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 3.316 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7449 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 3.431 km SSW of Amorgós, Greece · 7433 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 4.153 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7493 days ago · 88 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.719 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 7500 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 3.114 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7503 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 3.437 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 7509 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 3.26 km SSW of Datça, Turkey · 7516 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ed5e. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.