M3.8 earthquake 3 km SSE of Kremastí, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 3 km SSE of Kremastí, Greece on Thu, Nov 12, 1987, 7:57 AM GMT+2 (05:57 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 10 km NNE of Datça, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-11-12 05:57:57 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.384° N, 28.133° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.712 km WNW of Kremastí, Greece · 14199 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.929 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 14198 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.435 km WSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 14187 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.61 km W of Kremastí, Greece · 14180 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.310 km SSW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 14170 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.612 km N of Datça, Turkey · 14157 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.112 km WSW of Sarigerme, Turkey · 14157 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.810 km NNE of Datça, Turkey · 14152 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003a2u. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC.