M4.0 earthquake Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in Greece on Sat, Jun 23, 1979, 11:07 PM GMT+3 (20:07 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 6 km S of Roviés, 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
- 1979-06-23 20:07:41 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.749° N, 23.299° 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
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.42 km SE of Límni, Greece · 17267 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.46 km S of Roviés, Greece · 17264 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.57 km NW of Ámfissa, Greece · 17262 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.112 km NNW of Perachóra, Greece · 17258 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.55 km W of Galaxídhion, Greece · 17251 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.73 km NE of Kokkónion, Greece · 17247 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00011gm. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC.