M3.9 earthquake 18 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 18 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece on Thu, May 7, 1992, 4:23 AM GMT+3 (01:23 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 41 km SE of Mýrina, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1992-05-07 01:23:16 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.984° N, 26.009° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.838 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 12564 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.922 km NNW of Míthymna, Greece · 12550 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.425 km WNW of Behram, Turkey · 12549 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.531 km E of Skýros, Greece · 12518 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.635 km SE of Mýrina, Greece · 12516 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.241 km SE of Mýrina, Greece · 12516 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.234 km SE of Mýrina, Greece · 12516 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.130 km NW of Míthymna, Greece · 12512 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.35 km WNW of Karaburun, Turkey · 12579 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.517 km WSW of Plomári, Greece · 12580 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.112 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12590 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.513 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece · 12590 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000570j. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.