M3.5 earthquake 21 km WNW of Kými, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 21 km WNW of Kými, Greece on Sat, May 28, 1983, 9:54 PM GMT+3 (18:54 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 4 km NE of Kaparéllion, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-05-28 18:54:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.719° N, 23.877° 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
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Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.74 km NE of Kaparéllion, Greece · 15822 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.67 km E of Prokópi, Greece · 15815 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.431 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15806 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.236 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15805 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.10 km N of Eláteia, Greece · 15800 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.16 km SW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 15789 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 3.14 km ESE of Prokópi, Greece · 15832 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.215 km SW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 15832 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.73 km WNW of Kými, Greece · 15838 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.932 km ESE of Patitírion, Greece · 15842 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.823 km NNW of Patitírion, Greece · 15852 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.0Aegean Sea · 15853 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.35 km E of Néa Artáki, Greece · 15855 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.18 km NW of Yimnón, Greece · 15855 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001vrj. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:39 PM UTC.