M3.6 earthquake 35 km NW of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 35 km NW of Skýros, Greece on Fri, Aug 31, 1984, 8:05 PM GMT+3 (17:05 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 52 km W 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
- 3.6 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-08-31 17:05:33 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.138° N, 24.287° 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
- 3.614 km ESE of Oxílithos, Greece · 15367 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.215 km NNW of Patitírion, Greece · 15354 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.952 km W of Eresós, Greece · 15334 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.659 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15313 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.334 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 15312 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.338 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15312 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 3.140 km WNW of Psará, Greece · 15371 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Argalastí, Greece · 15375 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.06 km NE of Psachná, Greece · 15377 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.022 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 15382 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.560 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15383 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.120 km S of Pefkochóri, Greece · 15390 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.216 km N of Yimnón, Greece · 15392 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.235 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15392 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00026wp. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:50 AM UTC.