M4.0 earthquake 51 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 51 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece on Thu, Mar 22, 1990, 5:09 PM GMT+2 (15:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 39 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-03-22 15:09:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.967° N, 26.744° 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.66 km ENE of Kentrí, Greece · 13344 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.552 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 13325 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.251 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 13322 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.339 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 13294 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 3.6107 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 13347 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.9Crete, Greece · 13347 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.351 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 13351 days ago · 114 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.421 km W of Fry, Greece · 13352 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.219 km SE of Fry, Greece · 13353 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.428 km SE of Fry, Greece · 13356 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.113 km SE of Fry, Greece · 13356 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.121 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 13358 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.527 km NW of Fry, Greece · 13365 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.8103 km S of Fry, Greece · 13370 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.711 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 13371 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00046y5. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:27 AM UTC.