M3.8 earthquake 10 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 10 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece on Fri, May 3, 1985, 12:41 PM GMT+3 (09:41 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 1 km E of Néos Oropós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-05-03 09:41:02 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.839° N, 21.306° 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
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Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.114 km SW of Anávra, Greece · 15120 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.33 km WNW of Makrakómi, Greece · 15120 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.617 km SW of Anávra, Greece · 15120 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.23 km W of Antirrio, Greece · 15117 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.31 km E of Néos Oropós, Greece · 15114 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.549 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 15114 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.25 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece · 15102 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.53 km ENE of Pátra, Greece · 15092 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002edv. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:22 PM UTC.