M4.1 earthquake 23 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 23 km WNW of Palaióchora, Greece on Tue, Oct 2, 1990, 10:20 PM GMT+2 (20:20 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 71 km SW 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-10-02 20:20:23 UTC
- Depth
- 42.8 km (26.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.344° N, 23.458° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.088 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 13142 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.471 km SW of Palaióchora, Greece · 13139 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.816 km E of Chóra Sfakíon, Greece · 13132 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.310 km N of Violí Charáki, Greece · 13131 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.319 km S of Kastrí, Greece · 13123 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.563 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece · 13115 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.069 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece · 13104 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004fa4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:24 PM UTC.