M3.9 earthquake 51 km W of Eresós, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 51 km W of Eresós, Greece on Sun, Feb 28, 1982, 10:15 AM GMT+2 (08:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 32 km ESE 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
- 3.9 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-02-28 08:15:34 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.116° N, 25.344° 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.613 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 16276 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.146 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16275 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.3Aegean Sea · 16267 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.032 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16262 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.025 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 16259 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.255 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16259 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.932 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16259 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.728 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 16258 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.228 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16258 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.661 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16258 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.625 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 16256 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.334 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16238 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.642 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 16235 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.555 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16233 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.040 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 16230 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.330 km N of Skýros, Greece · 16223 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.743 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 16221 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.627 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 16221 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.453 km SE of Mýrina, Greece · 16220 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 3.421 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 16288 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.959 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 16299 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.334 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 16299 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.457 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 16301 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.540 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16302 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.428 km NNW of Eresós, Greece · 16303 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001jw2. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.