M3.7 earthquake 4 km SW of Volos, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Volos, Greece on Sat, May 4, 1985, 1:13 AM GMT+3 (22:13 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km E of Velestíno, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-05-03 22:13:55 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.334° N, 22.911° 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.34 km S of Volos, Greece · 15118 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.113 km E of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 15118 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.114 km SW of Anávra, Greece · 15116 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.33 km WNW of Makrakómi, Greece · 15116 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.617 km SW of Anávra, Greece · 15116 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.011 km ESE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 15115 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.25 km NE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 15111 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.95 km E of Velestíno, Greece · 15110 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.44 km SE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 15110 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.01 km ESE of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 15090 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.60 km WSW of Mantoúdi, Greece · 15085 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.01 km WSW of Mantoúdi, Greece · 15084 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.96 km ESE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 15071 days ago · 44 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.64 km NE of Politiká, Greece · 15070 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 3.17 km SSE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 15118 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.28 km SE of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 15118 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.25 km E of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 15119 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.92 km NW of Evxinoúpolis, Greece · 15120 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.01 km W of Portariá, Greece · 15120 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.05 km S of Volos, Greece · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.23 km S of Káto Lekhónia, Greece · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.16 km SE of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.11 km SSW of Álli Meriá, Greece · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.92 km SSE of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.93 km E of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.35 km NE of Almyrós, Greece · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.12 km N of Néa Ionía, Greece · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.08 km SSW of Agriá, Greece · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Almyrós, Greece · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.77 km SSW of Káto Lekhónia, Greece · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.19 km ESE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.71 km SSW of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 15121 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.04 km ESE of Portariá, Greece · 15126 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002eem. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:08 AM UTC.