M3.2 earthquake southern Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck in southern Greece on Tue, Oct 17, 2006, 1:21 PM GMT+3 (10:21 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 27 km NNE of Sykiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-10-17 10:21:44 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.320° N, 23.510° 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 usp000evcw. 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
- 322°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.35 km W of Glyfáda, Greece · 7288 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.345 km SE of Ýdra, Greece · 7286 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.63 km SSE of Galatás, Greece · 7286 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.052 km SE of Ýdra, Greece · 7286 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.78 km SW of Galatás, Greece · 7284 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.97 km NNE of Ligourión, Greece · 7282 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.611 km ESE of Vathý, Greece · 7281 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.22 km ENE of Sykiá, Greece · 7272 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.51 km ESE of Irákleio, Greece · 7271 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.30 km E of Pentéli, Greece · 7270 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.07 km NE of Sykiá, Greece · 7269 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.24 km ESE of Ástros, Greece · 7269 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.923 km SSE of Spétses, Greece · 7264 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.727 km NNE of Sykiá, Greece · 7260 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.225 km E of Géfyra, Greece · 7259 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.72 km E of Néa Kíos, Greece · 7255 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.13 km SE of Ágioi Theódoroi, Greece · 7249 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.213 km E of Sofikón, Greece · 7248 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.035 km NE of Sykiá, Greece · 7246 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.146 km S of Ýdra, Greece · 7241 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.038 km NE of Géfyra, Greece · 7239 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.59 km NNW of Palaiá Epídavros, Greece · 7234 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 3.059 km W of Mílos, Greece · 7291 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.82 km E of Spáta, Greece · 7291 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Rafína, Greece · 7292 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.015 km S of Asopós, Greece · 7298 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.92 km ENE of Ástros, Greece · 7299 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.92 km NNW of Káto Glykóvrysi, Greece · 7299 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.14 km SSE of Zevgolateió, Greece · 7312 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.06 km S of Vília, Greece · 7314 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.00 km S of Vrilissia, Greece · 7318 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000evcw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.