M3.3 earthquake 6 km W of Paramythiá, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 6 km W of Paramythiá, Greece on Thu, Oct 12, 2006, 9:26 PM GMT+3 (18:26 UTC), 19 km (12 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
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-10-12 18:26:11 UTC
- Depth
- 19.0 km (11.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.470° N, 20.440° 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 usp000ev19. 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
- 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 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.29 km WNW of Pappadátes, Greece · 7291 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.21 km WNW of Kandíla, Greece · 7289 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.210 km NE of Filippiáda, Greece · 7288 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.33 km NNE of Sardínia, Greece · 7285 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9Greece-Albania border region · 7284 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.11 km ESE of Kríkellos, Greece · 7284 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.53 km NNE of Sardínia, Greece · 7284 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.02 km E of Kríkellos, Greece · 7284 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.50 km S of Ksamil, Albania · 7281 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.012 km NNE of Himarë, Albania · 7267 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.33 km ENE of Kónitsa, Greece · 7267 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.04 km NNW of Kandíla, Greece · 7260 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.012 km ENE of Koutselió, Greece · 7260 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.58 km S of Leskovik, Albania · 7253 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.54 km W of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 7251 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.914 km WSW of Grevená, Greece · 7243 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.311 km SW of Leskovik, Albania · 7243 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.911 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7238 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.310 km NE of Filiátes, Greece · 7236 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.26 km NNE of Eleoúsa, Greece · 7236 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 3.112 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7295 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.35 km NNW of Amfilochía, Greece · 7296 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.03 km NW of Amfilochía, Greece · 7296 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.91 km SE of Katoúna, Greece · 7297 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.715 km W of Préveza, Greece · 7297 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.814 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7299 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.718 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 7300 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.515 km E of Paramythiá, Greece · 7301 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.312 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7304 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.33 km WNW of Sardínia, Greece · 7305 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.75 km NNE of Himarë, Albania · 7308 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.310 km NNE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7318 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.34 km WNW of Delvinë, Albania · 7319 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.27 km S of Perivóli, Greece · 7319 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.87 km ENE of Kanaláki, Greece · 7323 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.24 km NE of Kandíla, Greece · 7324 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.614 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 7324 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ev19. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC.