M3.5 earthquake 52 km S of Palekastro, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 52 km S of Palekastro, Greece on Thu, Apr 12, 1990, 10:08 AM GMT+3 (07:08 UTC), 26 km (16 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
- 3.5 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-04-12 07:08:48 UTC
- Depth
- 25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.731° N, 26.314° 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.251 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 13322 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.339 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 13293 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.047 km SSE of Pýrgos, Greece · 13276 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 3.66 km ENE of Kentrí, Greece · 13344 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.051 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 13345 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.6107 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 13347 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.9Crete, Greece · 13347 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.421 km W of Fry, Greece · 13352 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.219 km SE of Fry, Greece · 13353 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00047uj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC.