M3.1 earthquake 1 km NNE of Fáros, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 1 km NNE of Fáros, Greece on Wed, Sep 27, 1989, 9:45 AM GMT+2 (07:45 UTC), 7 km (5 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
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1989-09-27 07:45:24 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.411° N, 23.627° 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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.88 km SE of Alivéri, Greece · 13521 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.98 km SSE of Alivéri, Greece · 13521 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.52 km WSW of Oinófyta, Greece · 13521 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.01 km SW of Oinófyta, Greece · 13521 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.02 km SW of Áyios Thomás, Greece · 13521 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Amárynthos, Greece · 13519 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.210 km E of Prokópi, Greece · 13516 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.85 km N of Dhrosiá, Greece · 13515 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.312 km NNE of Xylókastro, Greece · 13512 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.30 km SE of Áno Liósia, Greece · 13497 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Alivéri, Greece · 13488 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.94 km NNE of Skópelos, Greece · 13488 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.023 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 13482 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.515 km NNW of Kinéta, Greece · 13481 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.615 km ENE of Perachóra, Greece · 13481 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.53 km W of Oinófyta, Greece · 13481 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.110 km NW of Skiáthos, Greece · 13475 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.91 km S of Mantoúdi, Greece · 13474 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 2.90 km NE of Magoúla, Greece · 13522 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.43 km W of Oinófyta, Greece · 13525 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.61 km ESE of Oinófyta, Greece · 13525 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.011 km SSW of Kyriáki, Greece · 13528 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.28 km SW of Kyriáki, Greece · 13529 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.71 km WNW of Néa Artáki, Greece · 13539 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.26 km WSW of Ágioi Theódoroi, Greece · 13540 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.13 km NNE of Dhrosiá, Greece · 13540 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000402p. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC.