Greece earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 52 km SE of Ýdra, Greece

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 52 km SE of Ýdra, Greece on Sat, Oct 21, 2006, 9:13 PM GMT+3 (18:13 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 24 km SSE of Spétses, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-10-21 18:13:03 UTC
Depth
17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.980° N, 23.840° 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 usp000evqr. 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
85°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.78 km SW of Galatás, Greece · 7284 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.611 km ESE of Vathý, Greece · 7282 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 3.22 km ENE of Sykiá, Greece · 7273 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.07 km NE of Sykiá, Greece · 7270 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 3.735 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7268 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.923 km SSE of Spétses, Greece · 7264 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 3.727 km NNE of Sykiá, Greece · 7260 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.225 km E of Géfyra, Greece · 7259 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 3.035 km NE of Sykiá, Greece · 7246 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 3.146 km S of Ýdra, Greece · 7241 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 3.038 km NE of Géfyra, Greece · 7239 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 3.824 km SSE of Spétses, Greece · 7228 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 2.63 km SSE of Galatás, Greece · 7286 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 3.345 km SE of Ýdra, Greece · 7286 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 3.35 km W of Glyfáda, Greece · 7288 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 3.2southern Greece · 7290 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 3.059 km W of Mílos, Greece · 7291 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 3.015 km S of Asopós, Greece · 7298 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.92 km NNW of Káto Glykóvrysi, Greece · 7300 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.335 km E of Kýthira, Greece · 7304 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000evqr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:58 PM UTC.