M2.8 earthquake 31 km ESE of Ýdra, Greece
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 31 km ESE of Ýdra, Greece on Tue, Jan 3, 2006, 10:14 PM GMT+2 (20:14 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 45 km WNW of Mílos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-01-03 20:14:46 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.250° N, 23.800° 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 usp000e7hq. 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
- 116°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.914 km WSW of Pórto Chéli, Greece · 7572 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.145 km WNW of Mílos, Greece · 7568 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.162 km ENE of Géfyra, Greece · 7565 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.523 km ESE of Ýdra, Greece · 7555 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.928 km SSE of Lávrio, Greece · 7551 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.713 km ESE of Ýdra, Greece · 7550 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.88 km SSW of Ýdra, Greece · 7548 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.712 km ESE of Artémida, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.72 km SE of Pikérmi, Greece · 7546 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.621 km ENE of Ýdra, Greece · 7524 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.53 km SSW of Kinéta, Greece · 7519 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e7hq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:58 PM UTC.