Greece earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 27 km NW of Psará, Greece

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 27 km NW of Psará, Greece on Sun, Aug 27, 2006, 7:46 PM GMT+3 (16:46 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 44 km SW of Psará, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-08-27 16:46:35 UTC
Depth
22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.710° N, 25.330° 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 usp000erwq. 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
114°
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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.49 km S of Psará, Greece · 7329 days ago · 63 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 3.314 km SW of Psará, Greece · 7328 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 3.218 km N of Skýros, Greece · 7328 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.216 km N of Skýros, Greece · 7327 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 3.6Aegean Sea · 7327 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 3.540 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7322 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 3.844 km SW of Psará, Greece · 7302 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 3.2Aegean Sea · 7299 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 3.222 km N of Oinoússes, Greece · 7294 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.928 km NE of Néa Stíra, Greece · 7287 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 2.910 km NNW of Çe?me, Turkey · 7355 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.211 km SSW of Plomári, Greece · 7358 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 3.411 km ENE of Oinoússes, Greece · 7362 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.230 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 7362 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 3.210 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 7363 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 3.124 km N of Skýros, Greece · 7370 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000erwq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:30 AM UTC.