M4.0 earthquake 6 km SSE of Kaparéllion, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 6 km SSE of Kaparéllion, Greece on Wed, Aug 12, 1987, 11:46 PM GMT+3 (20:46 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 24 km S of Skópelos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-08-12 20:46:18 UTC
- Depth
- 30.7 km (19.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.188° N, 23.253° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.824 km S of Skópelos, Greece · 14283 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.317 km SSE of Skópelos, Greece · 14283 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.224 km S of Patitírion, Greece · 14283 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.73 km SSW of Galaxídhion, Greece · 14270 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.08 km S of Témeni, Greece · 14267 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.30 km NE of Ágios Stéfanos, Greece · 14264 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.412 km NE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 14263 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.56 km SW of Ágioi Theódoroi, Greece · 14257 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.93 km SSW of Istiaía, Greece · 14250 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.215 km SSW of Skópelos, Greece · 14243 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00037fv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC.