M4.3 earthquake 64 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 64 km SE of Ierápetra, Greece on Thu, Oct 7, 1982, 12:13 PM GMT+2 (10:13 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 110 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-10-07 10:13:38 UTC
- Depth
- 70.9 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 34.608° N, 26.246° 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4110 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 16056 days ago · 147 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.191 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 16042 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3100 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 15996 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 4.471 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 16057 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.278 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 16072 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.389 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 16072 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.180 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 16073 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.077 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece · 16073 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001q2y. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.