M4.0 earthquake 34 km NNE of Psará, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 34 km NNE of Psará, Greece on Fri, Jul 10, 1987, 2:00 AM GMT+3 (23:00 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 5 km SSE of Agía Paraskeví, 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
- 1987-07-09 23:00:23 UTC
- Depth
- 10.7 km (6.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.834° N, 25.690° 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.151 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 14317 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.335 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 14304 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.45 km SSE of Agía Paraskeví, Greece · 14302 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.632 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 14301 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.439 km W of Eresós, Greece · 14287 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.453 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 14277 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00036h9. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.