M3.4 earthquake 4 km WNW of Arfará, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 4 km WNW of Arfará, Greece on Mon, Jun 8, 1987, 12:07 AM GMT+3 (21:07 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 13 km NW of Filiatrá, 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
- 1987-06-07 21:07:58 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.172° N, 21.994° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.313 km NW of Filiatrá, Greece · 14349 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.436 km WNW of Filiatrá, Greece · 14348 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.28 km S of Gargaliánoi, Greece · 14346 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.324 km WNW of Filiatrá, Greece · 14339 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.84 km N of Karátoula, Greece · 14338 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.014 km S of Epitálio, Greece · 14330 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.320 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 14317 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.429 km WNW of Filiatrá, Greece · 14299 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.548 km WNW of Filiatrá, Greece · 14298 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.211 km WNW of Áris, Greece · 14293 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
Before
- 3.811 km NE of Goúmero, Greece · 14357 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.312 km SSW of Kardamýli, Greece · 14358 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.913 km W of Zacháro, Greece · 14358 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.36 km SW of Kréstena, Greece · 14361 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.26 km S of Sykiá, Greece · 14363 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00035ma. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.