M3.9 earthquake southern Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck in southern Greece on Tue, Oct 9, 1984, 1:22 PM GMT+2 (11:22 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 1 km ENE of Chóra, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-10-09 11:22:55 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.035° N, 21.726° 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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.66 km S of Kopanáki, Greece · 15329 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.62 km N of Arfará, Greece · 15329 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.7southern Greece · 15329 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.77 km S of Gargaliánoi, Greece · 15325 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.21 km WSW of Meligalás, Greece · 15323 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.8southern Greece · 15323 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.550 km S of Methóni, Greece · 15322 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.721 km SE of Ambelókipoi, Greece · 15315 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.91 km ENE of Chóra, Greece · 15313 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.527 km WSW of Methóni, Greece · 15313 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.311 km ESE of Zacháro, Greece · 15298 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.17 km W of Gargaliánoi, Greece · 15288 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.610 km SSW of Zacháro, Greece · 15282 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.34 km S of Chóra, Greece · 15282 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
Before
- 4.412 km SSW of Gargaliánoi, Greece · 15330 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.03 km SW of Vlachópoulo, Greece · 15330 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.410 km N of Vlachópoulo, Greece · 15330 days ago · 57 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.530 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 15336 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002813. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:12 PM UTC.