Greece earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 54 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 54 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece on Wed, Jan 19, 1983, 7:41 AM GMT+2 (05:41 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 southern Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Jan 19, 1983, 7:41 AM GMT+2
UTC: 1983-01-19 05:41:48 UTC
Depth: 14.9 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.892° N, 19.959° E
Region: Greece
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.3	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 61 stations
5.45	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.2

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001scy (also filed as iscgem585192). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:46 PM UTC.