M2.9 earthquake 36 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 36 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece on Tue, Oct 9, 1990, 5:17 AM GMT+2 (03:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 37 km N of Mýrina, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-10-09 03:17:13 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.247° N, 25.165° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.211 km E of Samothráki, Greece · 13141 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.922 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13140 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13132 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.238 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 13124 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.916 km N of Geyikli, Turkey · 13106 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.422 km S of Enez, Turkey · 13105 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.437 km N of Mýrina, Greece · 13101 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.96 km SE of Ouranoupolis, Greece · 13100 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.618 km SSW of Elaiochóri, Greece · 13094 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 3.129 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13143 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.533 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13143 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.733 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13143 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.730 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13144 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.234 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13144 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.034 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13144 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.313 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13147 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.918 km NW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13148 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.730 km NNE of Mýrina, Greece · 13148 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.933 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 13149 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.627 km S of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13154 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.325 km ESE of Sykiá, Greece · 13171 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004fht. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:35 PM UTC.