M3.3 earthquake 50 km W of Eresós, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 50 km W of Eresós, Greece on Thu, May 9, 1991, 4:11 AM GMT+3 (01:11 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 24 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-05-09 01:11:31 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.145° N, 25.353° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.232 km N of Psará, Greece · 12928 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.824 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12926 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.249 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 12925 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.419 km NW of Oinoússes, Greece · 12923 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.422 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12919 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.717 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12904 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.66 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 12903 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.0Aegean Sea · 12903 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.40 km SE of Agiásos, Greece · 12900 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.430 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12899 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.613 km NW of Behram, Turkey · 12896 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.29 km NNW of Behram, Turkey · 12896 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.628 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12894 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.531 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12892 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.515 km E of Psará, Greece · 12892 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.75 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 12879 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.328 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 12877 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004re3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:13 AM UTC.