M3.7 earthquake 2 km SSE of Kremastí, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Kremastí, Greece on Tue, Feb 12, 1991, 9:20 PM GMT+2 (19:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 51 km SE of Lárdos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-02-12 19:20:15 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.390° N, 28.129° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.914 km N of Dalyan, Turkey · 13012 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.928 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 13011 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.85 km NW of Kremastí, Greece · 13001 days ago · 90 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.89 km ESE of Kos, Greece · 12981 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.816 km S of Émponas, Greece · 12973 days ago · 97 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.451 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 12963 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.421 km SW of Ölüdeniz, Turkey · 12961 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004mvs. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:19 PM UTC.