M3.4 earthquake 46 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 46 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece on Wed, Apr 17, 1985, 10:08 AM GMT+3 (07:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 10 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-04-17 07:08:07 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.745° N, 20.177° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.810 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece · 15118 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.31 km E of Néos Oropós, Greece · 15110 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.549 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 15109 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.624 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15101 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.25 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece · 15097 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.022 km WNW of Lefkáda, Greece · 15140 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.45 km WSW of Sámi, Greece · 15140 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.848 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 15144 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.810 km N of Kanaláki, Greece · 15153 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.915 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 15155 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.57 km E of Stános, Greece · 15158 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.410 km NNW of Préveza, Greece · 15160 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.46 km WNW of Kríkellos, Greece · 15160 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.58 km NNE of Préveza, Greece · 15160 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.69 km SSW of Menídi, Greece · 15160 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002dw7. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC.