M3.5 earthquake 13 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 13 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece on Wed, Apr 15, 1992, 8:27 AM GMT+3 (05:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 5 km WNW of Karaburun, 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
- 1992-04-15 05:27:12 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.021° N, 26.039° 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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.112 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12590 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.517 km WSW of Plomári, Greece · 12580 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.35 km WNW of Karaburun, Turkey · 12579 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.918 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12568 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.838 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 12564 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.922 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 12550 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.425 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 12549 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 3.218 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 12601 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.312 km ESE of Karaburun, Turkey · 12601 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.412 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12608 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.116 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12615 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.715 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12615 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00055u2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC.