M4.0 earthquake 27 km ESE of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 27 km ESE of Skýros, Greece on Sun, Jan 17, 1982, 4:18 AM GMT+2 (02:18 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 42 km NE of Patitírion, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-01-17 02:18:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.854° N, 24.876° 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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 95 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.657 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 16319 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.544 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16319 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.139 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 16316 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.342 km NE of Patitírion, Greece · 16316 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.237 km W of Psará, Greece · 16313 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.746 km WNW of Psará, Greece · 16307 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.428 km NNW of Eresós, Greece · 16303 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.540 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16303 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.457 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 16302 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.334 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 16300 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.959 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 16300 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.421 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 16289 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.951 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16277 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.613 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 16276 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 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 · 17 km away
- 4.032 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16263 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.025 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 16259 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.138 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16321 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.133 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 16322 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.543 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16323 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.137 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16323 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.247 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 16324 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.834 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16324 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.529 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16326 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.347 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16326 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.528 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16328 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.248 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16328 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.325 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16329 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.246 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16330 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.632 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16330 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.138 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16331 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.831 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16331 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.726 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16331 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.024 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16331 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.727 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16332 days ago · 22 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.249 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16332 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.823 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16333 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001j2g. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:48 AM UTC.