M3.8 earthquake 4 km SE of Péta, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 4 km SE of Péta, Greece on Sat, Jan 29, 1983, 10:33 AM GMT+2 (08:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 16 km S of Lefkáda, 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 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-01-29 08:33:52 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.140° N, 21.070° 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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.847 km SSW of Gáïos, Greece · 15947 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.855 km S of Gáïos, Greece · 15946 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.149 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 15938 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.83 km WSW of Pálairos, Greece · 15900 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.55 km S of Pálairos, Greece · 15900 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.49 km SE of Lefkáda, Greece · 15900 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.416 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 15900 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Gavaloú, Greece · 15900 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.89 km S of Lefkáda, Greece · 15897 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.116 km S of Lefkáda, Greece · 15894 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.39 km S of Lefkáda, Greece · 15893 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.72 km SSE of Katoúna, Greece · 15893 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.914 km NE of Kríkellos, Greece · 15893 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.78 km SW of Anthiró, Greece · 15891 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 3.75 km ESE of Menídi, Greece · 15947 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.716 km ENE of Sardínia, Greece · 15948 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.83 km WNW of Monastiráki, Greece · 15951 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.116 km WNW of Préveza, Greece · 15956 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.941 km NW of Itháki, Greece · 15958 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.214 km NW of Sámi, Greece · 15959 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001spx. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC.