M3.5 earthquake 15 km E of Psará, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 15 km E of Psará, Greece on Mon, Jun 17, 1991, 9:12 AM GMT+3 (06:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 8 km SW of Foça, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-06-17 06:12:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.522° N, 25.737° 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.521 km SE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 12884 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.75 km SW of Eresós, Greece · 12878 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.328 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 12877 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.617 km ESE of Alaçat?, Turkey · 12870 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.37 km SW of Foça, Turkey · 12863 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.08 km SW of Foça, Turkey · 12850 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.47 km SSW of Foça, Turkey · 12850 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.413 km SSE of Karaburun, Turkey · 12850 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.412 km SSE of Karaburun, Turkey · 12847 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.42 km W of Foça, Turkey · 12847 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.028 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 12847 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 3.531 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12892 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.628 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12894 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.430 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12899 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.40 km SE of Agiásos, Greece · 12900 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.0Aegean Sea · 12902 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.66 km SW of Plomári, Greece · 12903 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.717 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12904 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.815 km NNE of Urla, Turkey · 12905 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.115 km SE of Karaburun, Turkey · 12909 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.49 km WSW of Foça, Turkey · 12912 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.422 km SSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12919 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004t2c. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC.