M3.4 earthquake 15 km W of Préveza, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 15 km W of Préveza, Greece on Fri, Dec 4, 1987, 3:40 AM GMT+2 (01:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 5 km N of Perivóli, 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 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-12-04 01:40:43 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.954° N, 20.574° 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
- 3.31 km W of Vónitsa, Greece · 14169 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.35 km N of Perivóli, Greece · 14155 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.48 km NW of Kanaláki, Greece · 14154 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.36 km E of Konispol, Albania · 14141 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.418 km W of Rodotópi, Greece · 14131 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0Greece-Albania border region · 14131 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.6Greece-Albania border region · 14127 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.62 km SW of Kanaláki, Greece · 14125 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.97 km SSE of Kandíla, Greece · 14124 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.46 km N of Astakós, Greece · 14122 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 3.713 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 14174 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.226 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 14175 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.18 km NNE of Grammenítsa, Greece · 14178 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.28 km WSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 14183 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.05 km S of Neochóri, Greece · 14197 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003axm. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.