M3.1 earthquake 31 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 31 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece on Mon, Feb 18, 1985, 10:48 PM GMT+2 (20:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 48 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
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-02-18 20:48:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.717° N, 20.366° 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.69 km SSW of Menídi, Greece · 15162 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.58 km NNE of Préveza, Greece · 15162 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.46 km WNW of Kríkellos, Greece · 15162 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.410 km NNW of Préveza, Greece · 15162 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.57 km E of Stános, Greece · 15161 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.915 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 15158 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.810 km N of Kanaláki, Greece · 15155 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.848 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15147 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.45 km WSW of Sámi, Greece · 15143 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.022 km WNW of Lefkáda, Greece · 15143 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.446 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 15137 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 3.928 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 15195 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.84 km ESE of Aitolikó, Greece · 15202 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.43 km ESE of Stános, Greece · 15207 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.21 km W of Sardínia, Greece · 15212 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.18 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece · 15213 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.614 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15220 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.637 km W of Katastárion, Greece · 15221 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.59 km SSE of Lefkáda, Greece · 15222 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.16 km NW of Sámi, Greece · 15223 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002c0m. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC.