M4.5 earthquake 36 km E of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 36 km E of Skýros, Greece on Mon, Feb 28, 1983, 6:04 PM GMT+2 (16:04 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-02-28 16:04:12 UTC
- Depth
- 13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.861° N, 24.981° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt on Khios, Greece.
From the USGS event page for usp0001tcr. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.331 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15921 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.546 km W of Eresós, Greece · 15917 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.536 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15910 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.730 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15906 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.127 km S of Psará, Greece · 15890 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.741 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 15870 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.543 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 15865 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.231 km NW of Skýros, Greece · 15864 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.817 km W of Vrontádos, Greece · 15864 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001tcr. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:40 PM UTC.