M4.0 earthquake 87 km S of Pýrgos, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 87 km S of Pýrgos, Greece on Fri, Apr 16, 1999, 9:51 PM GMT+3 (18:51 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 92 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-04-16 18:51:57 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.213° N, 25.138° 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.181 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 10024 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.292 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 10013 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.197 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 10009 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 3.841 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 10050 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.9174 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 10052 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.189 km S of Ierápetra, Greece · 10052 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.974 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 10053 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.886 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 10053 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.896 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 10053 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.9111 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 10053 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00096du. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC.