M3.1 earthquake 35 km ESE of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 35 km ESE of Skýros, Greece on Sun, Apr 2, 2006, 5:13 AM GMT+3 (02:13 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 29 km NNW 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
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-04-02 02:13:33 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.790° N, 24.940° 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 usp000edgf. 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
- 163°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.329 km NNW of Psará, Greece · 7470 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.335 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 7469 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.1Aegean Sea · 7444 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 2.58 km ENE of Áyioi Apóstoloi, Greece · 7495 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.831 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 7496 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.832 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 7496 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.243 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 7499 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.021 km WNW of Skýros, Greece · 7504 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.731 km ESE of Patitírion, Greece · 7504 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.734 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 7504 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.129 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 7508 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.431 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 7517 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000edgf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC.