M3.4 earthquake 42 km WNW of Eresós, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 42 km WNW of Eresós, Greece on Wed, Sep 21, 1983, 2:34 AM GMT+4 (22:34 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 36 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-09-20 22:34:46 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.373° N, 25.522° 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.643 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 15715 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.542 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 15715 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.731 km NW of Mýrina, Greece · 15714 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.235 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 15713 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.133 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15706 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.441 km E of Skýros, Greece · 15698 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.329 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 15696 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.336 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 15695 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.036 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 15695 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.325 km W of Eresós, Greece · 15681 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001yh0. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.