M3.1 earthquake 16 km NE of Psará, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 16 km NE of Psará, Greece on Sun, Aug 7, 1983, 4:42 AM GMT+3 (01:42 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 35 km WSW of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-08-07 01:42:52 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.644° N, 25.703° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.023 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15749 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.221 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 15744 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.535 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 15730 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.442 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 15712 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.643 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 15712 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.542 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 15711 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.235 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15709 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.133 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15702 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 3.530 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15758 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.937 km ENE of Andros, Greece · 15762 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.715 km NNW of Urla, Turkey · 15768 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.315 km SW of Urla, Turkey · 15781 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.338 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 15783 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.312 km NNW of Yenifoça, Turkey · 15784 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001xej. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:52 AM UTC.