M4.3 earthquake 12 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 12 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece on Tue, Oct 3, 2006, 6:58 PM GMT+3 (15:58 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 8 km S of Leskovik, Albania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-10-03 15:58:09 UTC
- Depth
- 13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.530° N, 20.630° 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 usp000eue4. 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
- 36°
- Stations used
- 93
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.515 km E of Paramythiá, Greece · 7302 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.814 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7301 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.715 km W of Préveza, Greece · 7299 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.91 km SE of Katoúna, Greece · 7298 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.03 km NW of Amfilochía, Greece · 7298 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.35 km NNW of Amfilochía, Greece · 7298 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.112 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7296 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.36 km W of Paramythiá, Greece · 7296 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.29 km WNW of Pappadátes, Greece · 7293 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.21 km WNW of Kandíla, Greece · 7290 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.210 km NE of Filippiáda, Greece · 7290 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.33 km NNE of Sardínia, Greece · 7286 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.9Greece-Albania border region · 7286 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.11 km ESE of Kríkellos, Greece · 7285 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.53 km NNE of Sardínia, Greece · 7285 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.02 km E of Kríkellos, Greece · 7285 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.50 km S of Ksamil, Albania · 7282 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.33 km ENE of Kónitsa, Greece · 7268 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.04 km NNW of Kandíla, Greece · 7262 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.012 km ENE of Koutselió, Greece · 7262 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.58 km S of Leskovik, Albania · 7254 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.54 km W of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 7252 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.73 km SSE of Morfovoúni, Greece · 7251 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 3.33 km WNW of Sardínia, Greece · 7306 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.310 km NNE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7320 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.34 km WNW of Delvinë, Albania · 7320 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.27 km S of Perivóli, Greece · 7321 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.87 km ENE of Kanaláki, Greece · 7325 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.24 km NE of Kandíla, Greece · 7325 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.311 km W of Lefkáda, Greece · 7329 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.43 km E of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7333 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.94 km ESE of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7333 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.52 km SSW of Pappadátes, Greece · 7333 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.25 km NE of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7334 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.211 km WSW of Deskáti, Greece · 7335 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.013 km WSW of Deskáti, Greece · 7335 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eue4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:58 PM UTC.