M3.8 earthquake 12 km S of Sými, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 12 km S of Sými, Greece on Thu, May 13, 1999, 11:42 AM GMT+3 (08:42 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 54 km SE of Lárdos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-05-13 08:42:27 UTC
- Depth
- 104.8 km (65.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 36.501° N, 27.824° 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: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.70 km SW of Milas, Turkey · 9998 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.18 km NE of Ortaca, Turkey · 9997 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.31 km ESE of Pylí, Greece · 9997 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.610 km ENE of Kos, Greece · 9997 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.06 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 9997 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.613 km SSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 9996 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.98 km ESE of Milas, Turkey · 9996 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.713 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 9995 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.311 km S of Milas, Turkey · 9992 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.811 km SE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 9992 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.812 km S of Milas, Turkey · 9992 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.611 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 9992 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.554 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9991 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.310 km ESE of Milas, Turkey · 9989 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.014 km S of Milas, Turkey · 9989 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.010 km E of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 9989 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.110 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 9989 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.611 km W of Mandráki, Greece · 9982 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.247 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 9973 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.730 km W of Émponas, Greece · 9967 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.122 km ESE of Faliraki, Greece · 9955 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.79 km SSE of Zipári, Greece · 9950 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.313 km WSW of Sými, Greece · 9948 days ago · 109 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 3.29 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10013 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.717 km E of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 10014 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.712 km SW of Milas, Turkey · 10014 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.812 km NE of Güvercinlik, Turkey · 10014 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.37 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10015 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.711 km SSW of Milas, Turkey · 10016 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.28 km SSE of Milas, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.87 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.84 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.710 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.910 km SW of Turgut, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.817 km S of Milas, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.110 km SE of Milas, Turkey · 10017 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.944 km SW of Ölüdeniz, Turkey · 10031 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.815 km WSW of Bay?r, Turkey · 10034 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00097vt. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:43 PM UTC.