M4.4 earthquake 6 km NW of Antirrio, Greece
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Antirrio, Greece on Tue, Feb 28, 1984, 8:12 PM GMT+2 (18:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 4 km WSW of Kerasochóri, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-02-28 18:12:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.380° N, 21.716° E
- Region
- Greece
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Two houses damaged at Patrai.
From the USGS event page for usp00022b5. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 9.4% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 0.9 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic

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 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.84 km WSW of Kerasochóri, Greece · 15554 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.411 km NNE of Témeni, Greece · 15549 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.310 km NE of Témeni, Greece · 15549 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.29 km ESE of Anávra, Greece · 15547 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.314 km NNE of Témeni, Greece · 15546 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.1Greece · 15546 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.315 km NW of Kerasochóri, Greece · 15544 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.17 km E of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 15516 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.39 km SW of Spercheiáda, Greece · 15508 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.27 km ESE of Karpenísi, Greece · 15507 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.99 km SSW of Spercheiáda, Greece · 15501 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.28 km N of Galatás, Greece · 15499 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.28 km NW of Antirrio, Greece · 15499 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.26 km NE of Galatás, Greece · 15499 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
Before
- 3.013 km SSW of Aígio, Greece · 15559 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.86 km NNW of Antirrio, Greece · 15561 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.12 km NNE of Témeni, Greece · 15568 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.24 km S of Aígio, Greece · 15568 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.24 km SSW of Káto Tithoréa, Greece · 15569 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.77 km NNE of Témeni, Greece · 15569 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.10 km S of Aígio, Greece · 15569 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.012 km NW of Kalávryta, Greece · 15569 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.38 km SSW of Amfíkleia, Greece · 15573 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.314 km NE of Kamárai, Greece · 15574 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.23 km NW of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 15574 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.45 km NW of Kamárai, Greece · 15574 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.17 km E of Náfpaktos, Greece · 15574 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.21 km W of Aígio, Greece · 15574 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.012 km NNW of Kalávryta, Greece · 15574 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.110 km SSW of Rododáfni, Greece · 15575 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.14 km SSW of Kamárai, Greece · 15575 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.011 km SE of Áno Kastrítsi, Greece · 15575 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Aígio, Greece · 15575 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.23 km ENE of Kamárai, Greece · 15575 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00022b5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:57 AM UTC.