Greece earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 5 km NW of Sitia, Greece

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 5 km NW of Sitia, Greece on Sun, Jan 14, 1990, 7:08 PM GMT+2 (17:08 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1990-01-14 17:08:38 UTC
Depth
22.2 km (13.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.248° N, 26.068° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Ayios Nikolaos and Sitia.

From the USGS event page for usp000449f. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.750 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 13406 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 3.4Crete, Greece · 13406 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.253 km N of Sitia, Greece · 13403 days ago · 124 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.124 km SE of Fry, Greece · 13401 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.435 km NW of Fry, Greece · 13395 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.711 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 13394 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.920 km N of Néa Alikarnassós, Greece · 13372 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 3.711 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 13371 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 3.527 km NW of Fry, Greece · 13365 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 3.121 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 13358 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 3.113 km SE of Fry, Greece · 13356 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 3.428 km SE of Fry, Greece · 13356 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.60 km NE of Irákleion, Greece · 13355 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 4.219 km SE of Fry, Greece · 13353 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 3.722 km N of Sitia, Greece · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 3.88 km NNW of Palekastro, Greece · 13415 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 3.768 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 13419 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.265 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece · 13420 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 3.79 km N of Sitia, Greece · 13427 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 3.919 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 13441 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 4.532 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 13441 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000449f. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC.