M3.0 earthquake 29 km SW of Eresós, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 29 km SW of Eresós, Greece on Wed, Apr 8, 1987, 11:05 AM GMT+3 (08:05 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 Aegean Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-04-08 08:05:19 UTC
- Depth
- 25.3 km (15.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.016° N, 25.653° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.549 km W of Eresós, Greece · 14411 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.042 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 14405 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.4Aegean Sea · 14393 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.142 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 14361 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 3.337 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14428 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.94 km SSE of Plomári, Greece · 14432 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.539 km E of Skýros, Greece · 14439 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.629 km ENE of Psará, Greece · 14439 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.232 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 14448 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003404. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.