M3.9 earthquake 53 km W of Eresós, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 53 km W of Eresós, Greece on Sat, Jan 26, 1985, 6:25 PM GMT+2 (16:25 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 18 km WSW of Psará, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-01-26 16:25:10 UTC
- Depth
- 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.222° N, 25.323° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.438 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 15202 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.418 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 15201 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.813 km W of Psará, Greece · 15201 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.726 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15191 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.422 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15189 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.220 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15186 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.9Aegean Sea · 15183 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.932 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15177 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.841 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15177 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.636 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 15173 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.221 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15171 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.034 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15168 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.220 km W of Psará, Greece · 15158 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002bdq. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:59 AM UTC.