M3.1 earthquake 14 km SW of Anávra, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 14 km SW of Anávra, Greece on Sun, May 5, 1985, 7:57 PM GMT+3 (16:57 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km E of Velestíno, 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
- 1985-05-05 16:57:23 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.114° N, 21.950° 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.33 km WNW of Makrakómi, Greece · 15119 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.617 km SW of Anávra, Greece · 15119 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.011 km ESE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 15118 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.23 km W of Antirrio, Greece · 15116 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.25 km NE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 15114 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.95 km E of Velestíno, Greece · 15113 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.44 km SE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 15113 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.25 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece · 15101 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.01 km ESE of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 15093 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.53 km ENE of Pátra, Greece · 15091 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.96 km ESE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 15074 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 3.34 km S of Volos, Greece · 15121 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.74 km SW of Volos, Greece · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.17 km SSE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.810 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece · 15122 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.92 km NW of Evxinoúpolis, Greece · 15123 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.01 km W of Portariá, Greece · 15123 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.05 km S of Volos, Greece · 15124 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.23 km S of Káto Lekhónia, Greece · 15124 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.11 km SSW of Álli Meriá, Greece · 15124 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.92 km SSE of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 15124 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.35 km NE of Almyrós, Greece · 15124 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.12 km N of Néa Ionía, Greece · 15124 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.08 km SSW of Agriá, Greece · 15124 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Almyrós, Greece · 15124 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.77 km SSW of Káto Lekhónia, Greece · 15124 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.19 km ESE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 15124 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.71 km SSW of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 15124 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.04 km ESE of Portariá, Greece · 15129 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002eg2. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:51 AM UTC.