M3.3 earthquake Aegean Sea
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck in the Aegean Sea on Mon, Dec 16, 1985, 11:20 AM GMT+2 (09:20 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 4 km SW of Kalloní, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-12-16 09:20:31 UTC
- Depth
- 21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.872° N, 25.864° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.85 km NW of Kalloní, Greece · 14894 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.04 km SW of Kalloní, Greece · 14894 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.54 km SSW of Agía Paraskeví, Greece · 14893 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.03 km S of Kalloní, Greece · 14893 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.55 km S of Mantamádos, Greece · 14892 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.814 km S of Karaburun, Turkey · 14854 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002nxt. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:00 AM UTC.