Greece earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 53 km N of Sitia, Greece

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 53 km N of Sitia, Greece on Wed, Jan 24, 1990, 3:17 PM GMT+2 (13:17 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 47 km S of Mandráki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1990-01-24 13:17:47 UTC
Depth
124.0 km (77.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
35.690° N, 26.148° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt.

From the USGS event page for usp00044pg. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.160 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13400 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.054 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13398 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 3.763 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 13397 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.435 km NW of Fry, Greece · 13395 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 3.711 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 13394 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 3.943 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 13377 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 3.452 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 13377 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 4.347 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13375 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 3.920 km N of Néa Alikarnassós, Greece · 13371 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 3.711 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 13371 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 3.527 km NW of Fry, Greece · 13365 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 3.121 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 13357 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 3.113 km SE of Fry, Greece · 13356 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 3.60 km NE of Irákleion, Greece · 13355 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 4.219 km SE of Fry, Greece · 13353 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 3.421 km W of Fry, Greece · 13352 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 4.351 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 13351 days ago · 114 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 3.9Crete, Greece · 13347 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 4.051 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 13345 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 3.66 km ENE of Kentrí, Greece · 13344 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 3.4Crete, Greece · 13406 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 3.759 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 13408 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.361 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 13409 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.660 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13412 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 3.958 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 13412 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.858 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13412 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 4.55 km NW of Sitia, Greece · 13412 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 3.722 km N of Sitia, Greece · 13412 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 3.958 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13412 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 3.656 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 4.155 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 4.253 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13413 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 4.561 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 13413 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 3.659 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.761 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 4.553 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 4.057 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 3.858 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 3.359 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 3.952 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00044pg. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:40 PM UTC.