M3.2 earthquake 10 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 10 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece on Sat, Aug 5, 2006, 2:08 PM GMT+3 (11:08 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 16 km S of Gömeç, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-08-05 11:08:58 UTC
- Depth
- 28.5 km (17.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.017° N, 26.098° 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 usp000eq9m. 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
- 166°
- 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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.67 km SSE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 7362 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.411 km ENE of Oinoússes, Greece · 7362 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.117 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7361 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.916 km S of Gömeç, Turkey · 7360 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.211 km SSW of Plomári, Greece · 7359 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.910 km NNW of Çe?me, Turkey · 7355 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.87 km ENE of Gömeç, Turkey · 7347 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.54 km NW of Behram, Turkey · 7345 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.113 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 7343 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.127 km NW of Psará, Greece · 7341 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.311 km WNW of Alia?a, Turkey · 7334 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.313 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7333 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.49 km S of Psará, Greece · 7329 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.314 km SW of Psará, Greece · 7329 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.540 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7323 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.720 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 7323 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.515 km WSW of Çandarl?, Turkey · 7323 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.37 km W of Çandarl?, Turkey · 7322 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.42 km N of Mytilene, Greece · 7321 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.15 km WNW of Geyikli, Turkey · 7316 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.13 km ENE of Foça, Turkey · 7310 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 3.58 km SE of Yeni?akran, Turkey · 7369 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.112 km WSW of Çandarl?, Turkey · 7370 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.515 km N of Karaburun, Turkey · 7375 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.212 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7383 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.98 km WNW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 7386 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.014 km WNW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 7387 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.716 km WNW of Karaburun, Turkey · 7387 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.011 km NW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 7387 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eq9m. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.