M2.6 earthquake 13 km SSE of Skiáthos, Greece
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Skiáthos, Greece on Fri, Aug 27, 1993, 5:30 AM GMT+3 (02:30 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 6 km N of Skiáthos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1993-08-27 02:30:12 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.040° N, 23.527° 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.217 km S of Pefkochóri, Greece · 12092 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.018 km SW of Skópelos, Greece · 12091 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.36 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 12090 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.612 km NW of Skiáthos, Greece · 12089 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.612 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 12089 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Skiáthos, Greece · 12087 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.939 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 12080 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.943 km NNE of Skiáthos, Greece · 12079 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.22 km SE of Politiká, Greece · 12079 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.126 km SSW of Sykiá, Greece · 12077 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Kanália, Greece · 12074 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.814 km NE of Psachná, Greece · 12068 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.218 km SSW of Skiáthos, Greece · 12065 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.46 km SW of Skópelos, Greece · 12065 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.74 km N of Néa Anchiálos, Greece · 12064 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.211 km NNE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 12054 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.0Aegean Sea · 12040 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.23 km S of Politiká, Greece · 12036 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.419 km SSW of Sykiá, Greece · 12035 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 3.45 km NNW of Skiáthos, Greece · 12092 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.43 km N of Skiáthos, Greece · 12103 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.328 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 12108 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.64 km NNW of Néa Ionía, Greece · 12116 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.27 km ESE of Rizómylos, Greece · 12116 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.16 km WSW of Néa Ionía, Greece · 12117 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0005za3. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC.