M3.5 earthquake 15 km E of Paramythiá, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 15 km E of Paramythiá, Greece on Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 3:33 PM GMT+3 (12:33 UTC), 2 km (1 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
- 3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-10-06 12:33:55 UTC
- Depth
- 2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.481° N, 20.688° 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 usp000eukb. 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
- 97°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.814 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7300 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.715 km W of Préveza, Greece · 7298 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.91 km SE of Katoúna, Greece · 7297 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.03 km NW of Amfilochía, Greece · 7297 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.35 km NNW of Amfilochía, Greece · 7297 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.112 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7296 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.36 km W of Paramythiá, Greece · 7295 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.29 km WNW of Pappadátes, Greece · 7292 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.21 km WNW of Kandíla, Greece · 7290 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.210 km NE of Filippiáda, Greece · 7289 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.33 km NNE of Sardínia, Greece · 7285 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.9Greece-Albania border region · 7285 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.11 km ESE of Kríkellos, Greece · 7285 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.53 km NNE of Sardínia, Greece · 7285 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.02 km E of Kríkellos, Greece · 7285 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.50 km S of Ksamil, Albania · 7282 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.33 km ENE of Kónitsa, Greece · 7268 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.317 km SW of Kallíthiro, Greece · 7267 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.04 km NNW of Kandíla, Greece · 7261 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.012 km ENE of Koutselió, Greece · 7261 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.58 km S of Leskovik, Albania · 7254 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.54 km W of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 7252 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.73 km SSE of Morfovoúni, Greece · 7250 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.914 km WSW of Grevená, Greece · 7244 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.311 km SW of Leskovik, Albania · 7244 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.312 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7305 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.33 km WNW of Sardínia, Greece · 7306 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.310 km NNE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7319 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.34 km WNW of Delvinë, Albania · 7320 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.27 km S of Perivóli, Greece · 7320 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.87 km ENE of Kanaláki, Greece · 7324 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.24 km NE of Kandíla, Greece · 7325 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.311 km W of Lefkáda, Greece · 7328 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eukb. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC.