M3.0 earthquake 17 km SSW of Skiáthos, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 17 km SSW of Skiáthos, Greece on Thu, Dec 17, 1987, 5:56 PM GMT+2 (15:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 11 km SSW of Skiáthos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-12-17 15:56:29 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.013° N, 23.444° 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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.99 km SSE of Kyriáki, Greece · 14151 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.511 km SSW of Skiáthos, Greece · 14107 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.011 km SW of Skiáthos, Greece · 14107 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
Before
- 2.515 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 14169 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.91 km ENE of Prokópi, Greece · 14173 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.54 km SW of Politiká, Greece · 14175 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.141 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 14178 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.415 km S of Skiáthos, Greece · 14181 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.25 km WSW of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 14183 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.32 km W of Néa Artáki, Greece · 14191 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.33 km ENE of Rizómylos, Greece · 14192 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003bc3. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC.