M4.1 earthquake 28 km WSW of Methóni, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 28 km WSW of Methóni, Greece on Sat, Aug 22, 1992, 12:04 AM GMT+3 (21:04 UTC), 59 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 54 km S of Lithakiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1992-08-21 21:04:09 UTC
- Depth
- 58.7 km (36.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.678° N, 21.437° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.711 km N of Meligalás, Greece · 12438 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.3108 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 12438 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.445 km SSW of Methóni, Greece · 12433 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.491 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 12426 days ago · 99 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.698 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 12419 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.853 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 12413 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.754 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 12410 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.565 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 12408 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.444 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 12407 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.753 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 12406 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0005cuz. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:50 PM UTC.