M4.2 earthquake 102 km S of Ierápetra, Greece
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 102 km S of Ierápetra, Greece on Fri, Oct 26, 1990, 2:09 AM GMT+2 (00:09 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 116 km S of Ierápetra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-10-26 00:09:26 UTC
- Depth
- 27.5 km (17.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.094° N, 25.821° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5116 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 13128 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.2135 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 13128 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.7130 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 13128 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.1111 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 13126 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.8122 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 13125 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.091 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 13125 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.0111 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 13125 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004g5v. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:49 PM UTC.