M4.0 earthquake 34 km E of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 34 km E of Skýros, Greece on Fri, Mar 15, 1985, 5:24 AM GMT+2 (03:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 32 km W 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-15 03:24:45 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.846° N, 24.955° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.220 km W of Psará, Greece · 15162 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.133 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 15146 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.132 km W of Psará, Greece · 15142 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.136 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 15140 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.529 km SW of Mýrina, Greece · 15129 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.221 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15175 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.636 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 15176 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.841 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15180 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.932 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15180 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.9Aegean Sea · 15186 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.220 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15190 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.422 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15192 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.726 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15195 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002cwg. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:47 AM UTC.