M2.9 earthquake 34 km SSE of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 34 km SSE of Skýros, Greece on Wed, Jan 27, 1999, 3:12 PM GMT+2 (13:12 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 1 km W of Fílla, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-01-27 13:12:06 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.610° N, 24.690° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.03 km E of Kými, Greece · 10110 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.110 km NE of Alivéri, Greece · 10110 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.334 km SSW of Eresós, Greece · 10092 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.3Aegean Sea · 10082 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.239 km SSE of Skýros, Greece · 10082 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.71 km W of Fílla, Greece · 10067 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.224 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 10059 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 2.44 km WNW of Néa Stíra, Greece · 10112 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.15 km NNW of Psará, Greece · 10114 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.036 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 10121 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.38 km SSE of Psará, Greece · 10125 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.333 km N of Andros, Greece · 10140 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00091tb. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:48 PM UTC.