Greece earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 28 km N of Skýros, Greece

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 28 km N of Skýros, Greece on Mon, Feb 27, 1989, 1:54 AM GMT+2 (23:54 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 10 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

Chalkída forecastMore in Greece

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1989-02-26 23:54:36 UTC
Depth
9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.155° N, 24.506° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt on Skiros.

From the USGS event page for usp0003scv. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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 1.7 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 121.

Before

Earthquakes todayGreece earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003scv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC.