Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 19 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 19 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece on Sun, Mar 1, 1992, 7:38 PM GMT+2 (17:38 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 5 km WNW of Karaburun, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1992-03-01 17:38:21 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.960° N, 26.014° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.714 km SSE of Eresós, Greece · 12635 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 3.317 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12635 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 3.718 km S of Eresós, Greece · 12634 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 3.516 km S of Eresós, Greece · 12634 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 3.816 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12634 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 3.717 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12634 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 3.718 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12633 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 3.522 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12633 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 3.217 km SSE of Eresós, Greece · 12629 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 4.011 km SSE of Eresós, Greece · 12625 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 3.915 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12625 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 3.315 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12625 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 3.815 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12625 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 3.716 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12625 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 3.818 km S of Eresós, Greece · 12624 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 3.418 km S of Eresós, Greece · 12624 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 3.715 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12615 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 4.116 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12615 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 3.045 km W of Psará, Greece · 12611 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 3.412 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12608 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 3.312 km ESE of Karaburun, Turkey · 12601 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 3.218 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 12601 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 3.513 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12590 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 3.112 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12590 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 3.517 km WSW of Plomári, Greece · 12580 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 4.35 km WNW of Karaburun, Turkey · 12580 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 3.416 km S of Eresós, Greece · 12635 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 3.917 km SSE of Eresós, Greece · 12635 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 4.118 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12635 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 3.718 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12635 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 3.715 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12635 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 3.724 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 12637 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00053qa. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:26 AM UTC.