M3.7 earthquake 9 km SE of Plomári, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 9 km SE of Plomári, Greece on Tue, Jan 31, 2006, 1:53 PM GMT+2 (11:53 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 11 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-01-31 11:53:20 UTC
- Depth
- 32.2 km (20.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.919° N, 26.461° 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 usp000e96f. 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
- 71°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.510 km NNW of Foça, Turkey · 7548 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.413 km ENE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7545 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.518 km SSE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7545 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.63 km WNW of Palaiókipos, Greece · 7542 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.616 km W of Urla, Turkey · 7542 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.8Near the coast of western Turkey · 7541 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.27 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7523 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.45 km S of Oinoússes, Greece · 7523 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.911 km SSE of Bergama, Turkey · 7519 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.911 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7518 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.513 km NNW of Urla, Turkey · 7515 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.416 km SW of Menemen, Turkey · 7511 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.129 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7508 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.217 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7506 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.111 km W of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7504 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.521 km NE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7503 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.413 km WSW of Menderes, Turkey · 7503 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.83 km WSW of Edremit, Turkey · 7501 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.218 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7499 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.214 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7498 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.314 km SW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7492 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 3.512 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7550 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.54 km SE of Karaba?lar, Turkey · 7552 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.24 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7553 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.97 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7561 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.917 km W of Pétra, Greece · 7561 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.620 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7567 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.29 km WSW of Seferihisar, Turkey · 7577 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e96f. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:15 AM UTC.