M3.5 earthquake 3 km WNW of Karyes, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Karyes, Greece on Sat, Jun 2, 1979, 6:55 AM GMT+3 (03:55 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 9 km N of Karyes, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-06-02 03:55:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.271° N, 24.203° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.79 km N of Karyes, Greece · 17289 days ago · 55 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.58 km WSW of Askós, Greece · 17273 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.335 km NE of Zagorá, Greece · 17270 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.211 km SE of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 17265 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 4.113 km E of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 17289 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.617 km N of Karyes, Greece · 17289 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.812 km NW of Karyes, Greece · 17289 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.530 km S of Elaiochóri, Greece · 17292 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.48 km WSW of Askós, Greece · 17311 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001128. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:24 AM UTC.