M4.4 earthquake 5 km SSW of Pappadhátai, Greece
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Pappadhátai, Greece on Wed, Sep 4, 1985, 12:48 PM GMT+3 (09:48 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 9 km SW of Omvriakí, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-09-04 09:48:24 UTC
- Depth
- 35.6 km (22.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.482° N, 21.437° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.54 km NE of Gaïtánion, Greece · 14995 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.19 km NW of Kamárai, Greece · 14994 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.16 km NNE of Náfpaktos, Greece · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.79 km SW of Omvriakí, Greece · 14981 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.19 km NW of Lianokládhion, Greece · 14981 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.10 km NNW of Agrínio, Greece · 14971 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.08 km WSW of Kalávryta, Greece · 14969 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.46 km ESE of Lálas, Greece · 14960 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.9Greece · 14957 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.416 km NW of Manoláda, Greece · 14954 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.116 km NNW of Langádhia, Greece · 14941 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 3.74 km SE of Lefkáda, Greece · 15000 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.23 km SSW of Náfpaktos, Greece · 15002 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.76 km SSW of Néos Oropós, Greece · 15015 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.91 km W of Neochóri, Greece · 15020 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.110 km N of Kalávryta, Greece · 15021 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.319 km SW of Kallíthiro, Greece · 15025 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002jdw. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:22 AM UTC.