M3.9 earthquake 32 km ENE of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 32 km ENE of Skýros, Greece on Wed, Mar 6, 1985, 3:11 AM GMT+2 (01:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 21 km E of Skýros, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-06 01:11:48 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.981° N, 24.927° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.841 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15177 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.636 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 15173 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.221 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15172 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.7Aegean Sea · 15171 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.034 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15168 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.220 km W of Psará, Greece · 15159 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.133 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 15143 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.132 km W of Psará, Greece · 15139 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.136 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 15137 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.529 km SW of Mýrina, Greece · 15126 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 3.9Aegean Sea · 15183 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.220 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15187 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.422 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15189 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.726 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15192 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.813 km W of Psará, Greece · 15201 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.418 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 15201 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002cgm. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:58 AM UTC.