Greece earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 11 km ESE of Afántou, Greece

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 11 km ESE of Afántou, Greece on Mon, Oct 5, 1987, 11:27 AM GMT+2 (09:27 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1987-10-05 09:27:02 UTC
Depth
28.7 km (17.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.246° N, 28.282° E
Region
Greece
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Minor damage on Rhodes.

From the USGS event page for usp00038zv. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
IV, light shaking
Peak ground acceleration
5.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
0.6 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.512 km SE of Afántou, Greece · 14243 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 4.31 km WSW of Kremastí, Greece · 14243 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 4.47 km SSE of Afántou, Greece · 14243 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 4.410 km SE of Faliraki, Greece · 14243 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 4.78 km ESE of Afántou, Greece · 14243 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 3.53 km S of Kremastí, Greece · 14241 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 4.312 km ESE of Afántou, Greece · 14240 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 4.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 14240 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 4.69 km E of Archángelos, Greece · 14238 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 4.413 km ESE of Faliraki, Greece · 14224 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 4.35 km WSW of Afántou, Greece · 14224 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 4.54 km WNW of Faliraki, Greece · 14224 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 4.515 km ESE of Archángelos, Greece · 14222 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 3.83 km SSE of Kremastí, Greece · 14206 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 3.712 km WNW of Kremastí, Greece · 14205 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 4.435 km WSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 14193 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 3.61 km W of Kremastí, Greece · 14186 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00038zv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC.