M3.0 earthquake 36 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 36 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece on Sun, Apr 16, 2006, 5:24 PM GMT+3 (14:24 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 29 km N of Kými, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-04-16 14:24:55 UTC
- Depth
- 34.0 km (21.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.750° N, 24.140° 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 usp000eepf. 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
- 150°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.110 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7471 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.05 km W of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7445 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.237 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 7425 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.314 km SW of Skiáthos, Greece · 7422 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.345 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 7418 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.429 km N of Kými, Greece · 7413 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 3.334 km NNE of Mýrina, Greece · 7476 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.019 km SSW of Sykiá, Greece · 7485 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.938 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 7493 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.831 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 7496 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.832 km E of Patitírion, Greece · 7496 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.8Aegean Sea · 7497 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.243 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 7499 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eepf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:36 AM UTC.