M4.5 earthquake 5 km E of Párga, Greece
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 5 km E of Párga, Greece on Sun, Apr 3, 1988, 11:56 AM GMT+3 (08:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 21 km WNW of Itháki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-04-03 08:56:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.293° N, 20.468° 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.34 km NW of Kanaláki, Greece · 14059 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.113 km WNW of Gjirokastër, Albania · 14058 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.124 km WNW of Lefkáda, Greece · 14057 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.616 km WNW of Lefkáda, Greece · 14048 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.6Greece · 14040 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.215 km W of Lefkáda, Greece · 14038 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.111 km NE of Gjirokastër, Albania · 14035 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.426 km WNW of Itháki, Greece · 14024 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.725 km NW of Itháki, Greece · 14020 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.321 km WNW of Itháki, Greece · 14014 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.326 km N of Lixoúri, Greece · 14014 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.428 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 14014 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.022 km WNW of Itháki, Greece · 14010 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.020 km WNW of Itháki, Greece · 14009 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.723 km WNW of Itháki, Greece · 14008 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.336 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 14006 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003emc. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:08 AM UTC.