M2.6 earthquake 3 km SW of Amárynthos, Greece
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km SW of Amárynthos, Greece on Fri, Sep 29, 1989, 9:34 AM GMT+2 (07:34 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 15 km NNW of Kinéta, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1989-09-29 07:34:00 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.370° N, 23.859° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.210 km E of Prokópi, Greece · 13515 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.85 km N of Dhrosiá, Greece · 13515 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.30 km SE of Áno Liósia, Greece · 13497 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Alivéri, Greece · 13488 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.94 km NNE of Skópelos, Greece · 13488 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.023 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 13482 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.515 km NNW of Kinéta, Greece · 13481 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.615 km ENE of Perachóra, Greece · 13481 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.53 km W of Oinófyta, Greece · 13480 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.91 km S of Mantoúdi, Greece · 13473 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 3.02 km SW of Áyios Thomás, Greece · 13521 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.01 km SW of Oinófyta, Greece · 13521 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.52 km WSW of Oinófyta, Greece · 13521 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.98 km SSE of Alivéri, Greece · 13521 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.88 km SE of Alivéri, Greece · 13521 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.11 km NNE of Fáros, Greece · 13521 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.90 km NE of Magoúla, Greece · 13521 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.43 km W of Oinófyta, Greece · 13525 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.61 km ESE of Oinófyta, Greece · 13525 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.011 km SSW of Kyriáki, Greece · 13528 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.71 km WNW of Néa Artáki, Greece · 13539 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.26 km WSW of Ágioi Theódoroi, Greece · 13540 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.13 km NNE of Dhrosiá, Greece · 13540 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000404x. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:36 AM UTC.