M4.0 earthquake 40 km SSE of Fry, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 40 km SSE of Fry, Greece on Mon, Nov 12, 1990, 1:54 PM GMT+2 (11:54 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 59 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-11-12 11:54:56 UTC
- Depth
- 62.6 km (38.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.078° N, 27.098° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.419 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 13107 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.929 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 13107 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.715 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 13107 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.724 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 13102 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.763 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 13093 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.928 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 13091 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.434 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 13064 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.959 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 13060 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.865 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 13056 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.063 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 13055 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004gtx. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:59 PM UTC.