Greece earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 17 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece on Sun, Sep 9, 1990, 10:00 PM GMT+3 (19:00 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1990-09-09 19:00:39 UTC
Depth
14.3 km (8.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.896° N, 24.039° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt in Khalkidhiki, Thessaloniki and Pieria Provinces, Greece.

From the USGS event page for usp0004egz. 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.230 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 13173 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 3.24 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 13173 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 3.325 km ESE of Sykiá, Greece · 13172 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.86 km SSE of Néos Marmarás, Greece · 13168 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.730 km NNE of Mýrina, Greece · 13149 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 3.28 km NNE of Néa Fókaia, Greece · 13144 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.89 km SSE of Kalýves Polygýrou, Greece · 13144 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.64 km ESE of Néa Potídhaia, Greece · 13144 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 3.13 km NNW of Kalýves Polygýrou, Greece · 13144 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 3.49 km SW of Néos Marmarás, Greece · 13139 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.95 km E of Pefkochóri, Greece · 13139 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 3.17 km NE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 13139 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 2.50 km ENE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 13139 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 2.212 km SW of Kassándreia, Greece · 13134 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.533 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 13132 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 1.83 km SSW of Arnaía, Greece · 13121 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.820 km NNW of Skópelos, Greece · 13120 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.15 km N of Arnaía, Greece · 13119 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.24 km N of Palaiochóri, Greece · 13114 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 3.09 km ENE of Skiáthos, Greece · 13179 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.112 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 13180 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.56 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 13193 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 2.03 km S of Néa Flogitá, Greece · 13193 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.99 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 13196 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 2.910 km SSW of Sykiá, Greece · 13196 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 3.49 km ENE of Néa Apollonía, Greece · 13201 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.48 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 13202 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 3.115 km SSE of Sykiá, Greece · 13202 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004egz. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:49 PM UTC.