M2.9 earthquake 34 km SE of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 34 km SE of Skýros, Greece on Sat, Jun 12, 1999, 2:02 AM GMT+3 (23:02 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 16 km WSW of Psará, 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 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-06-11 23:02:36 UTC
- Depth
- 46.0 km (28.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.680° N, 24.840° 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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.123 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 9975 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.913 km NNW of Skýros, Greece · 9954 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.633 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 9951 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.622 km W of Psará, Greece · 9948 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.716 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 9937 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.515 km WSW of Psará, Greece · 9937 days ago · 39 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.226 km E of Oxílithos, Greece · 9926 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00099q6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:18 PM UTC.