M3.3 earthquake 37 km WSW of Psará, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 37 km WSW of Psará, Greece on Sun, Mar 29, 1987, 11:10 PM GMT+3 (20:10 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-03-29 20:10:43 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.399° N, 25.170° 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.029 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 14419 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.549 km W of Eresós, Greece · 14411 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.042 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 14405 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.4Aegean Sea · 14394 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 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 · 67 km away
- 3.232 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 14449 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.433 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 14455 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.025 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 14459 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00033rj. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:19 AM UTC.