M3.1 earthquake 51 km NNE of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 51 km NNE of Skýros, Greece on Wed, Jul 22, 1987, 2:00 AM GMT+3 (23:00 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 35 km ESE 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
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-07-21 23:00:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.297° N, 24.872° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.335 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 14304 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.632 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 14301 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.423 km S of Patitírion, Greece · 14301 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.930 km NNW of Mýrina, Greece · 14299 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.133 km NNW of Mýrina, Greece · 14299 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.439 km W of Eresós, Greece · 14287 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.317 km SSE of Skópelos, Greece · 14280 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.224 km S of Patitírion, Greece · 14280 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.453 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 14277 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00036u8. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:53 AM UTC.