M3.8 earthquake 25 km NW of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 25 km NW of Skýros, Greece on Wed, Jul 28, 1982, 9:42 PM GMT+3 (18:42 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 14 km NNE of Istiaía, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-07-28 18:42:54 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.092° N, 24.386° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.414 km NNE of Istiaía, Greece · 16119 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.138 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 16118 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.013 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 16108 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.527 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16107 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.753 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16105 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.357 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 16093 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.533 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 16090 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.02 km ESE of Skópelos, Greece · 16083 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.829 km SSE of Patitírion, Greece · 16069 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.545 km SE of Mýrina, Greece · 16067 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 3.636 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16127 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.143 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16129 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.058 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16132 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.561 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16132 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.260 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16133 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.047 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 16133 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.358 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16133 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.246 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16137 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.942 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 16141 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.947 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 16142 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.540 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16143 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.139 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16143 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.258 km NNW of Psará, Greece · 16147 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.556 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16147 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.221 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 16150 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001nqr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:29 AM UTC.