M4.0 earthquake 22 km WNW of Lefkáda, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 22 km WNW of Lefkáda, Greece on Thu, Apr 11, 1985, 3:29 PM GMT+3 (12:29 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 12 km SSW of Kalpáki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (ml), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-04-11 12:29:54 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.914° N, 20.469° 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.618 km SW of Kalpáki, Greece · 15140 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.812 km SSW of Kalpáki, Greece · 15139 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.115 km SSW of Kalpáki, Greece · 15139 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.015 km WNW of Rodotópi, Greece · 15139 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.446 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 15139 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.410 km WNW of Rodotópi, Greece · 15134 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.810 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece · 15123 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.31 km E of Néos Oropós, Greece · 15115 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.549 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 15114 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.624 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15106 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.25 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece · 15102 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.018 km W of Rodotópi, Greece · 15095 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 3.45 km WSW of Sámi, Greece · 15145 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.810 km N of Kanaláki, Greece · 15157 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.915 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 15160 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.57 km E of Stános, Greece · 15163 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.410 km NNW of Préveza, Greece · 15164 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.46 km WNW of Kríkellos, Greece · 15164 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.58 km NNE of Préveza, Greece · 15164 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.69 km SSW of Menídi, Greece · 15164 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002dq1. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC.