M4.5 earthquake 14 km NNE of Katastárion, Greece
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 14 km NNE of Katastárion, Greece on Tue, May 24, 1983, 10:03 PM GMT+3 (19:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 19 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-05-24 19:03:11 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.952° N, 20.824° 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.934 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 15830 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.719 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15829 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.151 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15825 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.77 km WNW of Póros, Greece · 15823 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.439 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15823 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.532 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15818 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Ionian Sea · 15812 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.36 km WSW of Antirrio, Greece · 15808 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.042 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 15807 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.11 km NNE of Katoúna, Greece · 15796 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.824 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 15794 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.322 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15794 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.024 km N of Lixoúri, Greece · 15782 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.73 km NE of Áno Kastrítsi, Greece · 15777 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.517 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15834 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.527 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 15837 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.017 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15838 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.622 km WNW of Itháki, Greece · 15839 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.519 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15840 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.414 km SSW of Zacháro, Greece · 15841 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.547 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15842 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.514 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15842 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.5Ionian Sea · 15842 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.720 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 15843 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.217 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15843 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.611 km N of Lixoúri, Greece · 15843 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.135 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15843 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.810 km WNW of Itháki, Greece · 15843 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.867 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15843 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.512 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15844 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.522 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15844 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.524 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15844 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.929 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15844 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.618 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15844 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001vm9. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.