M3.3 earthquake 17 km SSE of Skópelos, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Skópelos, Greece on Thu, Aug 27, 1987, 8:52 PM GMT+3 (17:52 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 53 km NNE of Skýros, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-08-27 17:52:34 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.970° N, 23.800° 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.224 km S of Patitírion, Greece · 14278 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.453 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 14275 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.30 km NE of Ágios Stéfanos, Greece · 14259 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.412 km NE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 14258 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.19 km SSW of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 14247 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.93 km SSW of Istiaía, Greece · 14244 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.215 km SSW of Skópelos, Greece · 14238 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.231 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 14234 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.224 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 14231 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.93 km N of Límni, Greece · 14225 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.95 km NNE of Límni, Greece · 14225 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.42 km SE of Kastélla, Greece · 14224 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.333 km E of Skýros, Greece · 14221 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 4.824 km S of Skópelos, Greece · 14278 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.06 km SSE of Kaparéllion, Greece · 14293 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.321 km S of Skópelos, Greece · 14297 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.423 km S of Patitírion, Greece · 14298 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.79 km E of Tríkeri, Greece · 14304 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00037vx. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC.