M3.1 earthquake 1 km SSE of Chalandrítsa, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 1 km SSE of Chalandrítsa, Greece on Sun, Aug 12, 1984, 11:44 PM GMT+3 (20:44 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 9 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-08-12 20:44:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.096° N, 21.789° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.515 km NNE of Xylókastro, Greece · 15387 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.64 km SW of Kyriáki, Greece · 15373 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.23 km NNW of Kyriáki, Greece · 15369 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.19 km NNE of Gaïtánion, Greece · 15362 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.716 km S of Póros, Greece · 15352 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.59 km NW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 15349 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.68 km ENE of Thérmo, Greece · 15345 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.09 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 15340 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.66 km S of Kopanáki, Greece · 15335 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.06 km NW of Galatás, Greece · 15333 days ago · 27 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 3.511 km S of Karpenísi, Greece · 15393 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.24 km NE of Témeni, Greece · 15395 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.58 km S of Lidoríki, Greece · 15395 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.98 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 15395 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.58 km SSE of Témeni, Greece · 15400 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.65 km N of Itéa, Greece · 15403 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.014 km WSW of Spercheiáda, Greece · 15405 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.814 km ESE of Zakynthos, Greece · 15406 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.94 km SW of Antirrio, Greece · 15407 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.317 km SSE of Chalandrítsa, Greece · 15410 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.29 km ENE of Dimitsána, Greece · 15411 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.313 km ESE of Karpenísi, Greece · 15411 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.45 km NE of Náfpaktos, Greece · 15418 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00026cs. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:57 AM UTC.