M2.3 earthquake 1 km WSW of Ouranoupolis, Greece
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 1 km WSW of Ouranoupolis, Greece on Sat, Dec 12, 1987, 3:25 PM GMT+2 (13:25 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 2 km ENE of Ágios Vasíleios, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-12-12 13:25:34 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.328° N, 23.972° 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.12 km ENE of Ágios Vasíleios, Greece · 14163 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.11 km NNE of Ágios Vasíleios, Greece · 14120 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.74 km N of Ágios Vasíleios, Greece · 14116 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 2.836 km WSW of Mýrina, Greece · 14179 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.844 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 14181 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.43 km NE of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 14181 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.141 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 14181 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.240 km NNW of Mýrina, Greece · 14201 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003b7r. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:09 AM UTC.