M3.1 earthquake 30 km NW of Míthymna, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 30 km NW of Míthymna, Greece on Tue, Oct 30, 1990, 3:52 AM GMT+2 (01:52 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 15 km WNW of Behram, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-10-30 01:52:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.568° N, 25.940° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.715 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 13121 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.019 km SE of Plomári, Greece · 13119 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.39 km SE of Agía Paraskeví, Greece · 13119 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.916 km N of Geyikli, Turkey · 13106 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.17 km ENE of Míthymna, Greece · 13081 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.93 km E of Behram, Turkey · 13070 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.88 km ESE of Polichnítos, Greece · 13068 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.616 km W of Ayvac?k, Turkey · 13067 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 3.314 km W of Behram, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.018 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.810 km E of Behram, Turkey · 13122 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.238 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 13124 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13132 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.922 km N of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13139 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.124 km WSW of Çan, Turkey · 13140 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.730 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13144 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.234 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 13144 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.313 km NNW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13147 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.918 km NW of Gökçeada, Turkey · 13148 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.730 km NNE of Mýrina, Greece · 13148 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.933 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 13149 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004gaz. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:01 PM UTC.