M4.2 earthquake 43 km W of Mýrina, Greece
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 43 km W of Mýrina, Greece on Sun, Apr 4, 1982, 1:36 PM GMT+3 (10:36 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 37 km SE 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-04-04 10:36:45 UTC
- Depth
- 16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.885° N, 24.555° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.937 km SE of Karyes, Greece · 16237 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.642 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 16236 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.040 km W of Bozcaada, Turkey · 16231 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.716 km NNW of Mýrina, Greece · 16226 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.330 km N of Skýros, Greece · 16224 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.453 km SE of Mýrina, Greece · 16221 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.442 km SE of Karyes, Greece · 16219 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.942 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 16208 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 3.441 km ESE of Sykiá, Greece · 16246 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.930 km NW of Mýrina, Greece · 16251 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.731 km NNW of Mýrina, Greece · 16252 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.427 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 16264 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.443 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 16264 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001khg. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:18 PM UTC.