M3.2 earthquake 44 km WSW of Psará, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 44 km WSW of Psará, Greece on Sun, Oct 5, 1986, 5:27 AM GMT+2 (03:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 32 km WSW 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
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-10-05 03:27:06 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.438° N, 25.072° 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.239 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14591 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.245 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14583 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.021 km W of Skýros, Greece · 14567 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.432 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14566 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.021 km W of Skýros, Greece · 14565 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.527 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 14565 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.433 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 14555 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.1Aegean Sea · 14553 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.338 km N of Psará, Greece · 14551 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.229 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 14551 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.141 km NNW of Psará, Greece · 14551 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.441 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14550 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002ypn. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:22 AM UTC.