M3.3 earthquake 1 km W of Vónitsa, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 1 km W of Vónitsa, Greece on Tue, Dec 8, 1987, 12:36 AM GMT+2 (22:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 7 km SSE of Kandíla, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-12-07 22:36:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.914° N, 20.866° 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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.318 km SSW of Kallíthiro, Greece · 14161 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.35 km N of Perivóli, Greece · 14159 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.48 km NW of Kanaláki, Greece · 14158 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.17 km E of Galatás, Greece · 14147 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.36 km E of Konispol, Albania · 14146 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.418 km W of Rodotópi, Greece · 14136 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.6Greece-Albania border region · 14132 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.62 km SW of Kanaláki, Greece · 14129 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.97 km SSE of Kandíla, Greece · 14128 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.46 km N of Astakós, Greece · 14127 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 3.415 km W of Préveza, Greece · 14177 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.713 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 14179 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.09 km WNW of Pátra, Greece · 14180 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.226 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 14180 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.18 km NNE of Grammenítsa, Greece · 14182 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.28 km WSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 14188 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.05 km S of Neochóri, Greece · 14201 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003b2a. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:10 AM UTC.