M3.2 earthquake 28 km ESE of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 28 km ESE of Skýros, Greece on Wed, Jan 23, 1985, 7:48 AM GMT+2 (05:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 18 km WSW of Psará, 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
- 1985-01-23 05:48:36 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.819° N, 24.869° 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.131 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15219 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.953 km W of Eresós, Greece · 15219 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.418 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 15204 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.813 km W of Psará, Greece · 15204 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.726 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15195 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.422 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15192 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.220 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15190 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.9Aegean Sea · 15186 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.932 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15180 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.841 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15180 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.636 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 15176 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.221 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15175 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.034 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15171 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002b9z. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:50 AM UTC.