M3.5 earthquake 28 km W of Émponas, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 28 km W of Émponas, Greece on Thu, Aug 2, 1990, 5:44 PM GMT+3 (14:44 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 26 km SSE of Lárdos, 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
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-08-02 14:44:32 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.232° N, 27.534° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.343 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 13212 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.949 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13211 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.830 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 13207 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.848 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13197 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.755 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13196 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.753 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13196 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.650 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13195 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.7Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 13193 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.726 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 13189 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.448 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 13186 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.647 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 13186 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.841 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13186 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.849 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13186 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.438 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13186 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.819 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13186 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.941 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13184 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.735 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13176 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.827 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 13176 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.325 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 13175 days ago · 141 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.922 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 13174 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.729 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 13172 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.231 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 13163 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.837 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 13163 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.755 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13155 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.15 km ENE of Ródos, Greece · 13154 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004cvq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC.