M2.9 earthquake 39 km S of Sykiá, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 39 km S of Sykiá, Greece on Fri, Aug 25, 2006, 9:45 PM GMT+3 (18:45 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 Aegean Sea. 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
- 2006-08-25 18:45:34 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.690° N, 24.030° 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 usp000err3. 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
- 162°
- 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: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.839 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 7342 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.235 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7342 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.739 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7342 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.238 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7342 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.08 km WSW of Skiáthos, Greece · 7338 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.421 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 7334 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.245 km S of Pefkochóri, Greece · 7334 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.29 km E of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece · 7328 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.218 km N of Skýros, Greece · 7327 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.216 km N of Skýros, Greece · 7327 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.6Aegean Sea · 7327 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.128 km S of Kassándreia, Greece · 7321 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.05 km SSW of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 7316 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.933 km W of Skýros, Greece · 7315 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.218 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 7304 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.310 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 7301 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.633 km SE of Patitírion, Greece · 7301 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.127 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 7300 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.918 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 7299 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.214 km SW of Skiáthos, Greece · 7297 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.13 km N of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 7290 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.827 km NNW of Kými, Greece · 7286 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.23 km SW of Argalastí, Greece · 7285 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 3.234 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 7343 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.118 km E of Agiá, Greece · 7346 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.112 km NNE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 7350 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.227 km WSW of Limenária, Greece · 7351 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.745 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 7354 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.038 km SE of Karyes, Greece · 7355 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.13 km NNE of Néa Róda, Greece · 7356 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.123 km N of Skópelos, Greece · 7364 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.331 km ESE of Karyes, Greece · 7367 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.210 km WNW of Skópelos, Greece · 7367 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.97 km SSW of Skiáthos, Greece · 7369 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.124 km N of Skýros, Greece · 7370 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.813 km N of Mantoúdi, Greece · 7370 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.014 km ESE of Karyes, Greece · 7372 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000err3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC.