M3.0 earthquake 25 km ENE of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 25 km ENE of Skýros, Greece on Fri, Feb 27, 1987, 10:25 PM GMT+2 (20:25 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 39 km E 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
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-02-27 20:25:54 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.021° N, 24.821° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.433 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 14456 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.232 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 14449 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.018 km NNW of Patitírion, Greece · 14444 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.539 km E of Skýros, Greece · 14440 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.337 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 14429 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.029 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 14420 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.549 km W of Eresós, Greece · 14412 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.042 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 14406 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00032ur. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:31 PM UTC.