M3.4 earthquake 6 km ENE of Vónitsa, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Vónitsa, Greece on Wed, Oct 28, 1987, 9:17 AM GMT+2 (07:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 26 km NW of Lixoúri, 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
- 1987-10-28 07:17:51 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.930° N, 20.961° 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.58 km WNW of Kerasochóri, Greece · 14217 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.210 km S of Kerasochóri, Greece · 14217 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.08 km SW of Karpenísi, Greece · 14216 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.516 km W of Kerasochóri, Greece · 14216 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.320 km SSE of Karpenísi, Greece · 14216 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.519 km SSE of Karpenísi, Greece · 14216 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.19 km NW of Pátra, Greece · 14215 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.05 km S of Neochóri, Greece · 14204 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.28 km WSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 14191 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.18 km NNE of Grammenítsa, Greece · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.226 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 14183 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.09 km WNW of Pátra, Greece · 14183 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.713 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 14182 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.415 km W of Préveza, Greece · 14180 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.31 km W of Vónitsa, Greece · 14176 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.318 km SSW of Kallíthiro, Greece · 14164 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.48 km NW of Kanaláki, Greece · 14161 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00039pf. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:52 AM UTC.