M3.2 earthquake 20 km ESE of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 20 km ESE of Skýros, Greece on Sun, Feb 24, 1985, 10:11 PM GMT+2 (20:11 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-02-24 20:11:44 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.860° N, 24.795° 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9Aegean Sea · 15187 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.932 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15181 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 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 · 27 km away
- 4.221 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15175 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.7Aegean Sea · 15174 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.034 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15172 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.220 km W of Psará, Greece · 15162 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.133 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 15146 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.132 km W of Psará, Greece · 15143 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.136 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 15140 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.422 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15192 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.726 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15195 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.813 km W of Psará, Greece · 15204 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.418 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 15204 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.953 km W of Eresós, Greece · 15219 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.131 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15220 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002c6y. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.