Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 25 km SSE of Skýros, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 25 km SSE of Skýros, Greece on Thu, Mar 18, 1982, 1:52 AM GMT+2 (23:52 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 32 km E of Skýros, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1982-03-17 23:52:40 UTC
Depth
17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.712° N, 24.714° 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.255 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16264 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.932 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16264 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 3.728 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 16264 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 3.228 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16264 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 3.661 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16263 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 3.625 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 16261 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 3.334 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16243 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 3.555 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16238 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 3.330 km N of Skýros, Greece · 16228 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.627 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 16226 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 3.333 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16205 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away

Before

  1. 4.032 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16267 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 3.3Aegean Sea · 16273 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 3.146 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16280 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 3.613 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 16281 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 3.951 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16282 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 3.421 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 16293 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001k66. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:29 AM UTC.