M3.5 earthquake 43 km SSE of Karyes, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 43 km SSE of Karyes, Greece on Mon, Oct 31, 1983, 10:22 PM GMT+2 (20:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 44 km ESE of Sykiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-10-31 20:22:30 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.894° N, 24.404° 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.444 km ESE of Sykiá, Greece · 15675 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.341 km ESE of Sykiá, Greece · 15659 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.536 km NNW of Mýrina, Greece · 15654 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.733 km NW of Mýrina, Greece · 15650 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.831 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 15627 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.830 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 15627 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.034 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 15626 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.128 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 15626 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.315 km SSE of Pefkochóri, Greece · 15626 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.44 km SE of Néos Marmarás, Greece · 15626 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.246 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 15620 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 4.346 km SSE of Karyes, Greece · 15675 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.534 km NW of Mýrina, Greece · 15677 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.041 km NNE of Patitírion, Greece · 15677 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.633 km NW of Mýrina, Greece · 15678 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.432 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 15693 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.516 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 15695 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.036 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 15695 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.129 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 15695 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.336 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 15696 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.126 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 15696 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.625 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 15700 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.543 km NW of Mýrina, Greece · 15703 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001zf7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:21 PM UTC.