M3.0 earthquake 6 km ESE of Ágios Geórgios, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 6 km ESE of Ágios Geórgios, Greece on Mon, Aug 9, 1982, 1:28 AM GMT+3 (22:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 7 km SSE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-08 22:28:47 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.372° N, 22.995° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.67 km SSE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 16123 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.32 km NE of Thívai, Greece · 16121 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.013 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 16117 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.76 km SW of Asopía, Greece · 16107 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.26 km NNE of Káto Dhiminió, Greece · 16092 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.67 km NE of Xylókastro, Greece · 16092 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.57 km N of Káto Dhiminió, Greece · 16092 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 4.23 km SSW of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 16125 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.9Greece · 16125 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.48 km SSE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 16128 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.414 km NNE of Istiaía, Greece · 16128 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.64 km WSW of Thívai, Greece · 16132 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.19 km NNW of Kinéta, Greece · 16135 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.97 km W of Vília, Greece · 16138 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.38 km SW of Asopía, Greece · 16138 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.68 km WSW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16138 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.93 km N of Erythrés, Greece · 16144 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.37 km SSW of Spercheiáda, Greece · 16147 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001nx4. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:59 PM UTC.