M3.6 earthquake 11 km SW of Skiáthos, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 11 km SW of Skiáthos, Greece on Mon, Feb 8, 1999, 12:32 AM GMT+2 (22:32 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 Aegean Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-02-07 22:32:48 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.090° N, 23.390° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.6Aegean Sea · 10101 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.1Aegean Sea · 10101 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.57 km NNE of Istiaía, Greece · 10101 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.513 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 10101 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.9Aegean Sea · 10101 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.613 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 10101 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.77 km NE of Istiaía, Greece · 10101 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.913 km NNE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 10098 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.110 km ENE of Skiáthos, Greece · 10077 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.71 km W of Fílla, Greece · 10067 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 4.7Greece · 10101 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.13 km NE of Mólos, Greece · 10108 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.110 km NE of Alivéri, Greece · 10110 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.03 km E of Kými, Greece · 10110 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.910 km E of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 10115 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.05 km SSE of Tríkeri, Greece · 10117 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.011 km ESE of Tríkeri, Greece · 10117 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.216 km N of Mantoúdi, Greece · 10125 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00092en. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.