Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 51 km SSE of Fry, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 51 km SSE of Fry, Greece on Mon, Dec 18, 1989, 1:01 AM GMT+2 (23:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 56 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (Md, duration), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1989-12-17 23:01:31 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.022° N, 27.215° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.833 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 13437 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.156 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 13433 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 3.88 km NNW of Palekastro, Greece · 13415 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.248 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 13407 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 4.0104 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 13405 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.124 km SE of Fry, Greece · 13401 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 3.435 km NW of Fry, Greece · 13395 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.711 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 13394 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 3.919 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 13441 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.532 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 13441 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 3.617 km NNE of Fry, Greece · 13445 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 3.541 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 13448 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 3.635 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 13461 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000437p. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC.