M3.3 earthquake 29 km NNW of Psará, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 29 km NNW of Psará, Greece on Wed, Apr 19, 2006, 4:47 PM GMT+3 (13:47 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 23 km N of Psará, Greece. 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 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-04-19 13:47:10 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.760° N, 25.380° 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 usp000eex5. 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
- 77°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.335 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 7470 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.1Aegean Sea · 7445 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.423 km N of Psará, Greece · 7426 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.44 km S of Skópelos, Greece · 7417 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.235 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 7416 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 3.123 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 7477 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.34 km E of Plomári, Greece · 7482 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.418 km S of Plomári, Greece · 7488 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.135 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 7488 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.214 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7498 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eex5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:14 AM UTC.