M3.5 earthquake Aegean Sea
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck in the Aegean Sea on Fri, Oct 24, 1980, 8:21 PM GMT+2 (18:21 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 6 km SSW of Psará, 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 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-10-24 18:21:18 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.587° N, 25.539° 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
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.518 km NW of Psará, Greece · 16781 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.542 km NNW of Psará, Greece · 16770 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.010 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 16762 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.66 km SSW of Psará, Greece · 16750 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.552 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16749 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.619 km W of Psará, Greece · 16745 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.555 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16723 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001ae7. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:49 AM UTC.