M4.3 earthquake 42 km W of Palaióchora, Greece
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 42 km W of Palaióchora, Greece on Sat, Feb 24, 1990, 1:22 AM GMT+2 (23:22 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 47 km W of Palaióchora, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-02-23 23:22:54 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.290° N, 23.221° 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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.444 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece · 13370 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.57 km W of Kíssamos, Greece · 13370 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.524 km N of Kolympári, Greece · 13370 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.547 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 13370 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.656 km W of Palaióchora, Greece · 13363 days ago · 68 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.540 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 13346 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.545 km NNW of Kolympári, Greece · 13342 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.8119 km SW of Kýthira, Greece · 13330 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.176 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 13313 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00045un. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:21 AM UTC.