M3.1 earthquake 21 km SE of Samothráki, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 21 km SE of Samothráki, Greece on Wed, Aug 2, 2006, 6:07 PM GMT+3 (15:07 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 18 km NW of Gökçeada, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-08-02 15:07:38 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.330° N, 25.700° 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 usp000eq37. 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.818 km NW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7366 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.117 km S of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7361 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.622 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7342 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.325 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7342 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.420 km ESE of Samothráki, Greece · 7340 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.313 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7332 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.15 km WNW of Geyikli, Turkey · 7315 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.218 km NNE of Samothráki, Greece · 7312 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 3.023 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7366 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.318 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7366 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.331 km ESE of Karyes, Greece · 7367 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.316 km S of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7367 days ago · 55 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.316 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7368 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.811 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7368 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.620 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7368 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.120 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7369 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.423 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7369 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.419 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7369 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.318 km NNE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7369 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.023 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 7369 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.132 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7378 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.228 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7379 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.212 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 7382 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.226 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7385 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.329 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7388 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.224 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7388 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.124 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 7393 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.526 km SSW of Xylaganí, Greece · 7394 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eq37. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:51 AM UTC.