M3.7 earthquake 3 km WSW of Pétfürd?, Hungary
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Pétfürd?, Hungary on Mon, Aug 19, 1985, 8:16 AM GMT+2 (06:16 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 2 km NNE of Balatonkenese, Hungary. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-19 06:16:29 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.147° N, 18.073° E
- Region
- Hungary
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.23 km NNW of Balatonkenese, Hungary · 15006 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.36 km S of Balatonkenese, Hungary · 15001 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.82 km NNE of Balatonkenese, Hungary · 14995 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 2.96 km WSW of Ádánd, Hungary · 15017 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.62 km NW of Berhida, Hungary · 15018 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.40 km NE of Hajmáskér, Hungary · 15019 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.31 km E of Balatonszabadi, Hungary · 15019 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.76 km N of Balatonszabadi, Hungary · 15020 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.74 km S of Berhida, Hungary · 15020 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.74 km WNW of Lepsény, Hungary · 15020 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.35 km ESE of Csopak, Hungary · 15021 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.85 km WSW of Lepsény, Hungary · 15021 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.94 km NE of Balatonkenese, Hungary · 15021 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.73 km NE of Balatonkenese, Hungary · 15021 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.51 km SSW of Balatonalmádi, Hungary · 15021 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.43 km SE of Balatonalmádi, Hungary · 15021 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.43 km WNW of Berhida, Hungary · 15021 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.22 km ENE of Balatonalmádi, Hungary · 15021 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.72 km S of ?si, Hungary · 15021 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.71 km SSW of Várpalota, Hungary · 15021 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.22 km E of Balatonalmádi, Hungary · 15021 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002hwu. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:52 PM UTC.