M3.2 earthquake 46 km WSW of Psará, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 46 km WSW of Psará, Greece on Wed, Jul 16, 1986, 2:46 AM GMT+3 (23:46 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 25 km W 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
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-07-15 23:46:52 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.379° N, 25.076° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.346 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14683 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.449 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14682 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.634 km E of Skýros, Greece · 14677 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.136 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 14648 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.925 km W of Skýros, Greece · 14644 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.222 km WSW of Skýros, Greece · 14643 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.348 km W of Psará, Greece · 14640 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.343 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14630 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
Before
- 3.232 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 14687 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.039 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14689 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.740 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14694 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.246 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14706 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.147 km NNE of Andros, Greece · 14707 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.318 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 14709 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.445 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14711 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.448 km W of Psará, Greece · 14711 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.942 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14712 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.245 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14712 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.538 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14713 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.637 km W of Psará, Greece · 14713 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002w26. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC.