M3.8 earthquake 24 km W of Lixoúri, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 24 km W of Lixoúri, Greece on Sun, Jul 3, 1983, 1:57 PM GMT+3 (10:57 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 35 km SW 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
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-07-03 10:57:06 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.196° N, 20.155° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.322 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15795 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.024 km N of Lixoúri, Greece · 15782 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.460 km SSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15771 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.248 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 15769 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.721 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15755 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.635 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15745 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.314 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15741 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.99 km SE of Lefkáda, Greece · 15737 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 3.941 km WSW of Gáïos, Greece · 15807 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.042 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 15808 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Ionian Sea · 15813 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.532 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15818 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.439 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15824 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.77 km WNW of Póros, Greece · 15824 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001wj2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC.