M3.1 earthquake 7 km SSE of Galatás, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Galatás, Greece on Tue, Feb 19, 1985, 6:27 PM GMT+2 (16:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 6 km WNW of Kríkellos, 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
- 1985-02-19 16:27:39 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.296° N, 21.583° 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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.512 km W of Galaxídhion, Greece · 15192 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Antirrio, Greece · 15175 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.26 km ENE of Témeni, Greece · 15168 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.213 km S of Anávra, Greece · 15164 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.87 km ESE of Dimitsána, Greece · 15162 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.69 km SSW of Menídi, Greece · 15161 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.46 km WNW of Kríkellos, Greece · 15161 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.57 km E of Stános, Greece · 15160 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.814 km NNE of Xylókastro, Greece · 15143 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.45 km WSW of Sámi, Greece · 15142 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 3.77 km NE of Áno Kastrítsi, Greece · 15193 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.84 km ESE of Aitolikó, Greece · 15201 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.43 km ESE of Stános, Greece · 15206 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.03 km ENE of Rododáfni, Greece · 15207 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.21 km W of Sardínia, Greece · 15211 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.18 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece · 15212 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.59 km SSE of Lefkáda, Greece · 15221 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.16 km NW of Sámi, Greece · 15222 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002c19. Read Fri, Sep 25, 2026, 3:49 AM UTC.