M3.0 earthquake 23 km E of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 23 km E of Skýros, Greece on Mon, Aug 15, 1983, 6:25 AM GMT+3 (03:25 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
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-08-15 03:25:17 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.923° N, 24.836° 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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.221 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 15744 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.535 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 15731 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.442 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 15713 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.643 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 15712 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.542 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 15712 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.235 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15710 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.133 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15703 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.441 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15695 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.329 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15693 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.013 km SSW of Skýros, Greece · 15693 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayGreece earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001xpj. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:04 PM UTC.