M3.5 earthquake 5 km S of Mantamádos, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 5 km S of Mantamádos, Greece on Thu, Dec 19, 1985, 5:15 PM GMT+2 (15:15 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 14 km S of Karaburun, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-12-19 15:15:57 UTC
- Depth
- 12.3 km (7.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.262° N, 26.334° 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: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.03 km S of Kalloní, Greece · 14892 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.54 km SSW of Agía Paraskeví, Greece · 14893 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.04 km SW of Kalloní, Greece · 14894 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.85 km NW of Kalloní, Greece · 14894 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.3Aegean Sea · 14895 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.837 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 14895 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.8Aegean Sea · 14895 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002p34. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:41 PM UTC.