M2.9 earthquake 23 km SSE of Spétses, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 23 km SSE of Spétses, Greece on Sun, Nov 12, 2006, 2:33 PM GMT+2 (12:33 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 24 km SSE of Spétses, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-11-12 12:33:55 UTC
- Depth
- 31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.060° N, 23.230° 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 usp000ex7k. 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
- 159°
- 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.727 km NNE of Sykiá, Greece · 7260 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.225 km E of Géfyra, Greece · 7259 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.72 km E of Néa Kíos, Greece · 7256 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.13 km SE of Ágioi Theódoroi, Greece · 7250 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.213 km E of Sofikón, Greece · 7248 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.035 km NE of Sykiá, Greece · 7246 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.932 km NNW of Kýthira, Greece · 7244 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.146 km S of Ýdra, Greece · 7241 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.028 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7240 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.038 km NE of Géfyra, Greece · 7239 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.59 km NNW of Palaiá Epídavros, Greece · 7234 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.824 km SSE of Spétses, Greece · 7228 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.118 km SSW of Ýdra, Greece · 7221 days ago · 93 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.19 km ENE of Geráki, Greece · 7213 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.28 km S of Mégara, Greece · 7211 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.112 km ESE of Leonídio, Greece · 7208 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.631 km NW of Kýthira, Greece · 7206 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 3.735 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7268 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.24 km ESE of Ástros, Greece · 7269 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.07 km NE of Sykiá, Greece · 7270 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.22 km ENE of Sykiá, Greece · 7272 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.611 km ESE of Vathý, Greece · 7282 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.97 km NNE of Ligourión, Greece · 7282 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.78 km SW of Galatás, Greece · 7284 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.052 km SE of Ýdra, Greece · 7286 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.63 km SSE of Galatás, Greece · 7286 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.345 km SE of Ýdra, Greece · 7286 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.35 km W of Glyfáda, Greece · 7288 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.2southern Greece · 7290 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.059 km W of Mílos, Greece · 7291 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ex7k. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:16 AM UTC.