M3.5 earthquake 19 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 19 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece on Sat, Jun 8, 1985, 11:30 PM GMT+3 (20:30 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 24 km S of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-06-08 20:30:00 UTC
- Depth
- 18.4 km (11.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.959° N, 26.015° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.424 km S of Eresós, Greece · 15078 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.522 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 15078 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.513 km S of Eresós, Greece · 15072 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.838 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 15071 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.536 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 15047 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.634 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15045 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.048 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15029 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 3.427 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 15091 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.523 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 15098 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.545 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 15103 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.816 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 15107 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.616 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 15108 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002fns. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.