M4.1 earthquake 30 km ESE of Astypálaia, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 30 km ESE of Astypálaia, Greece on Sat, Apr 21, 1990, 8:03 PM GMT+3 (17:03 UTC), 141 km (88 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 27 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-04-21 17:03:11 UTC
- Depth
- 141.3 km (87.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 36.425° N, 26.647° 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.727 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 13315 days ago · 149 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.7Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 13311 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.158 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 13300 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.237 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13300 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.044 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13299 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.055 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 13299 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.154 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 13298 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.026 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13298 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.034 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13298 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.155 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13297 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.027 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 13297 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.947 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13297 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.054 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13294 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.759 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13292 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.819 km W of Lakkí, Greece · 13277 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.811 km W of Mandráki, Greece · 13262 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000488w. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:35 AM UTC.