M4.2 earthquake Ionian Sea
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Ionian Sea on Wed, Jun 15, 1983, 12:25 PM GMT+3 (09:25 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 62 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-06-15 09:25:36 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.516° N, 20.300° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.362 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 15808 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.042 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 15806 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.824 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 15793 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.322 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15793 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.460 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15769 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.248 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 15767 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.721 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15753 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.439 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15822 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.77 km WNW of Póros, Greece · 15822 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.151 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15824 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.719 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15828 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.934 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 15829 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.514 km NNE of Katastárion, Greece · 15833 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.517 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15833 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.527 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 15836 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.017 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15837 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.519 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15838 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.547 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15841 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.514 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15841 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.5Ionian Sea · 15841 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001w4e. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC.