M3.4 earthquake 21 km NNE of Psará, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 21 km NNE of Psará, Greece on Tue, Feb 16, 1982, 8:43 PM GMT+2 (18:43 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 51 km W of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-02-16 18:43:17 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.701° N, 25.697° 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.951 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16277 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.613 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 16276 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.146 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16275 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.3Aegean Sea · 16268 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.032 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16263 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.025 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 16259 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.255 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16259 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.932 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16259 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.728 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 16259 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.228 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16259 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.661 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16259 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.625 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 16257 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.334 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16238 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.642 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 16236 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.555 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16234 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 3.959 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 16300 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.334 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 16300 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.457 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 16302 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.540 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16303 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.428 km NNW of Eresós, Greece · 16303 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.746 km WNW of Psará, Greece · 16307 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.237 km W of Psará, Greece · 16313 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001jp1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:29 AM UTC.