Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 8 km WSW of Skiáthos, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 8 km WSW of Skiáthos, Greece on Wed, Aug 30, 2006, 2:27 AM GMT+3 (23:27 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 Aegean Sea. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-08-29 23:27:57 UTC
Depth
18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.130° N, 23.400° 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 usp000es28. 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 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.421 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 7335 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 3.245 km S of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7334 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 3.218 km N of Skýros, Greece · 7328 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 3.6Aegean Sea · 7327 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 3.128 km S of Kassándreia, Greece · 7321 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.933 km W of Skýros, Greece · 7315 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.722 km NNE of Psachná, Greece · 7314 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 3.218 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7304 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.74 km S of Politiká, Greece · 7304 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 3.310 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 7301 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 3.633 km SE of Patitírion, Greece · 7301 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 3.127 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 7300 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.918 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 7299 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 3.66 km SW of Alivéri, Greece · 7299 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.74 km SSE of Amárynthos, Greece · 7299 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 3.214 km SW of Skiáthos, Greece · 7297 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 3.13 km N of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 7290 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.75 km NNE of Politiká, Greece · 7287 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.827 km NNW of Kými, Greece · 7286 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.86 km WNW of Livanátes, Greece · 7286 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 3.23 km SW of Argalastí, Greece · 7285 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away

Before

  1. 3.44 km S of Kanália, Greece · 7341 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.93 km W of Politiká, Greece · 7342 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 3.238 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7342 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.58 km NE of Yimnón, Greece · 7342 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.739 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7343 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.235 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7343 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.839 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 7343 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.939 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 7343 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 3.234 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7343 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 3.35 km SW of Kanália, Greece · 7346 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 3.118 km E of Agiá, Greece · 7346 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 3.27 km SSW of Kanália, Greece · 7347 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 3.95 km SSW of Kanália, Greece · 7347 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 3.03 km SE of Áyios Konstandínos, Greece · 7347 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.610 km NW of Loukísia, Greece · 7348 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 3.112 km NNE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 7350 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 3.29 km NNE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 7351 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.81 km SE of Malakónta, Greece · 7351 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.61 km NW of Yimnón, Greece · 7352 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.06 km NE of Yimnón, Greece · 7352 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000es28. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC.