M2.8 earthquake 7 km ESE of Límni, Greece
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Límni, Greece on Sat, Mar 30, 1991, 11:02 PM GMT+2 (21:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 5 km N of Néa Ionía, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-03-30 21:02:48 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.736° N, 23.398° 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.69 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 12969 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.29 km SSE of Antikyra, Greece · 12965 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.413 km SSW of Káto Lekhónia, Greece · 12962 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.49 km ESE of Domokós, Greece · 12958 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.55 km N of Néa Ionía, Greece · 12947 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.48 km SSE of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 12944 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.010 km E of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 12944 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Rizómylos, Greece · 12940 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.83 km W of Vathí, Greece · 12936 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.24 km NNW of Mantoúdi, Greece · 12936 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 12933 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.25 km E of Ámfissa, Greece · 12927 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.86 km W of Mólos, Greece · 12922 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Tríkeri, Greece · 12921 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.76 km ENE of Velestíno, Greece · 12920 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004ps0. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:18 AM UTC.