M3.5 earthquake 42 km NW of Eresós, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 42 km NW of Eresós, Greece on Thu, Sep 22, 1983, 3:58 AM GMT+4 (23:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 31 km NW of Mýrina, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-09-21 23:58:22 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.393° N, 25.534° 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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.731 km NW of Mýrina, Greece · 15706 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.235 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15705 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.133 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15698 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.441 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15690 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.126 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 15688 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.329 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15688 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.336 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 15688 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.129 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 15688 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.036 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 15688 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.325 km W of Eresós, Greece · 15673 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 3.643 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 15708 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.442 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 15708 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.532 km NW of Mýrina, Greece · 15712 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.535 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 15726 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.337 km WNW of Mýrina, Greece · 15737 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001yj2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC.