M3.8 earthquake 19 km E of Zacháro, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 19 km E of Zacháro, Greece on Sun, Jun 2, 1985, 11:10 AM GMT+3 (08:10 UTC), 59 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 19 km SSE of Methóni, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-06-02 08:10:58 UTC
- Depth
- 58.7 km (36.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.480° N, 21.867° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.53 km ENE of Pátra, Greece · 15089 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.916 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 15086 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.110 km N of Megalópoli, Greece · 15079 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.119 km SSE of Methóni, Greece · 15078 days ago · 96 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.117 km NW of Langádhia, Greece · 15078 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.15 km SSW of Trípoli, Greece · 15077 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.78 km ESE of Zacháro, Greece · 15060 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.412 km N of Geráki, Greece · 15045 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.925 km S of Kardamýli, Greece · 15036 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 3.610 km SSE of Kyparissía, Greece · 15089 days ago · 66 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.424 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 15090 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.87 km WNW of Kopanáki, Greece · 15090 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.53 km E of Paralía Vérgas, Greece · 15098 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.723 km SSE of Koróni, Greece · 15099 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.23 km W of Antirrio, Greece · 15113 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002fek. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC.