Greece earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 48 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 48 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece on Sun, Feb 28, 1999, 1:50 AM GMT+2 (23:50 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 96 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1999-02-27 23:50:12 UTC
Depth
38.8 km (24.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.786° N, 26.444° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.987 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 10080 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.855 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 10080 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 3.550 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 10080 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 3.9109 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 10074 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.2122 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 10072 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 3.297 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 10071 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 3.550 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 10065 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 3.892 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 10065 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 3.9111 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 10053 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.896 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 10052 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.886 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 10052 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 3.974 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 10052 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 4.189 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 10052 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.841 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 10049 days ago · 57 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 3.8101 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 10046 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 3.728 km N of Sitia, Greece · 10027 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.39 km ENE of Fry, Greece · 10081 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.497 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 10087 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.936 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 10099 days ago · 53 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 3.515 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 10099 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 3.929 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 10102 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 4.291 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 10104 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.7100 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 10106 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 3.497 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 10108 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 3.664 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 10110 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00093kf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC.