M3.9 earthquake Aegean Sea
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck in the Aegean Sea on Mon, Feb 8, 1999, 1:38 AM GMT+2 (23:38 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-02-07 23:38:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.016° N, 23.210° 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.613 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 10101 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.77 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 10101 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.913 km NNE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 10098 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.110 km ENE of Skiáthos, Greece · 10077 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.71 km W of Fílla, Greece · 10067 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.22 km NNW of Makrakómi, Greece · 10045 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 3.513 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 10101 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.57 km NNE of Istiaía, Greece · 10101 days ago · 25 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.1Aegean Sea · 10101 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.6Aegean Sea · 10101 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.611 km SW of Skiáthos, Greece · 10101 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.7Greece · 10101 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.13 km NE of Mólos, Greece · 10108 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.110 km NE of Alivéri, Greece · 10110 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.03 km E of Kými, Greece · 10110 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.910 km E of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 10115 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.05 km SSE of Tríkeri, Greece · 10117 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.011 km ESE of Tríkeri, Greece · 10117 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.216 km N of Mantoúdi, Greece · 10125 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00092ev. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.