M3.9 earthquake Crete, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck in Crete, Greece on Thu, Jul 19, 1990, 3:25 PM GMT+3 (12:25 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 14 km SSW of Kíssamos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-07-19 12:25:42 UTC
- Depth
- 78.7 km (48.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 34.587° N, 23.513° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.948 km WSW of Kastrí, Greece · 13226 days ago · 80 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.068 km SE of Kastrí, Greece · 13184 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.158 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 13178 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.486 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 13176 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.914 km SSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 13175 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004c7k. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC.