M4.2 earthquake 7 km WNW of Archángelos, Greece
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 7 km WNW of Archángelos, Greece on Tue, Jan 6, 1987, 8:55 AM GMT+2 (06:55 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 4 km E of Archángelos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-01-06 06:55:33 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.251° N, 28.039° 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
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Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.34 km E of Archángelos, Greece · 14514 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.21 km SSW of Archángelos, Greece · 14512 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.227 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 14489 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.21 km E of Archángelos, Greece · 14488 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 14487 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.310 km ENE of Lárdos, Greece · 14487 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.045 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 14481 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00031ef. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:57 AM UTC.