M4.4 earthquake 22 km E of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 22 km E of Skýros, Greece on Fri, Feb 22, 1985, 4:46 PM GMT+2 (14:46 UTC), 30 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Aegean Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-02-22 14:46:03 UTC
- Depth
- 29.5 km (18.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.903° N, 24.822° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.220 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15189 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.9Aegean Sea · 15186 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.932 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15179 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.841 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15179 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.636 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 15175 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.221 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15174 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.7Aegean Sea · 15173 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.034 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15170 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.220 km W of Psará, Greece · 15161 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.133 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 15145 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.132 km W of Psará, Greece · 15141 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.136 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 15139 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 3.726 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15194 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.813 km W of Psará, Greece · 15203 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.418 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 15203 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.953 km W of Eresós, Greece · 15218 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.131 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15218 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002c4p. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:47 AM UTC.