Greece earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 7 km SSE of Afántou, Greece

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Afántou, Greece on Tue, Oct 6, 1987, 2:07 PM GMT+2 (12:07 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 8 km ESE of Afántou, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1987-10-06 12:07:06 UTC
Depth
30.6 km (19.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.233° N, 28.205° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt on Rhodes.

From the USGS event page for usp000390w. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.410 km SE of Faliraki, Greece · 14242 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.78 km ESE of Afántou, Greece · 14242 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 3.53 km S of Kremastí, Greece · 14240 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.312 km ESE of Afántou, Greece · 14239 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 4.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 14239 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.69 km E of Archángelos, Greece · 14237 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 4.413 km ESE of Faliraki, Greece · 14223 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 4.35 km WSW of Afántou, Greece · 14223 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 4.54 km WNW of Faliraki, Greece · 14223 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 4.515 km ESE of Archángelos, Greece · 14221 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 3.83 km SSE of Kremastí, Greece · 14205 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 3.712 km WNW of Kremastí, Greece · 14204 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 4.435 km WSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 14192 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 3.61 km W of Kremastí, Greece · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away

Before

  1. 4.31 km WSW of Kremastí, Greece · 14242 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.512 km SE of Afántou, Greece · 14242 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 5.011 km ESE of Afántou, Greece · 14243 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000390w. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:30 PM UTC.