M3.6 earthquake Aegean Sea
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck in the Aegean Sea on Sat, Dec 4, 1982, 1:33 AM GMT+2 (23:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 31 km SE of Skýros, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-12-03 23:33:20 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.873° N, 24.962° 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.022 km NW of Oinoússes, Greece · 16000 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.031 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 15998 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.438 km S of Skýros, Greece · 15991 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.742 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 15991 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.319 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 15990 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.743 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 15984 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.643 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 15984 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.734 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15969 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.724 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 15961 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001r8m. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:12 AM UTC.