M3.2 earthquake 20 km W of Psará, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 20 km W of Psará, Greece on Sun, Mar 24, 1985, 10:36 PM GMT+2 (20:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 12 km SW of Plomári, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-24 20:36:29 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.516° N, 25.334° 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.
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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.512 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 15151 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.133 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 15143 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.132 km W of Psará, Greece · 15139 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.136 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 15137 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.545 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 15103 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.034 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15168 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.221 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15172 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.636 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 15173 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.841 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15177 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.932 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15177 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.9Aegean Sea · 15183 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.220 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15187 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002d62. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:18 AM UTC.