Greece earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 15 km NW of Perachóra, Greece

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 15 km NW of Perachóra, Greece on Tue, Jul 5, 1988, 11:34 PM GMT+3 (20:34 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1988-07-05 20:34:52 UTC
Depth
29.1 km (18.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.146° N, 22.845° E
Region
Greece
Strongest shaking
VI, strong shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
5.0mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · 50 stations
5.4Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.56

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt strongly at Corinth. Also felt at Athens.

From the USGS event page for usp0003hm5. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
VI, strong shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.74 km WNW of Prokópi, Greece · 13960 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 3.110 km E of Prokópi, Greece · 13960 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 3.92 km S of Prokópi, Greece · 13960 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.42 km W of Prokópi, Greece · 13960 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.43 km W of Prokópi, Greece · 13959 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.17 km SSE of Prokópi, Greece · 13959 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 3.32 km ESE of Prokópi, Greece · 13958 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.0Greece · 13958 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 3.6Greece · 13958 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 3.53 km SE of Mantoúdi, Greece · 13958 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 3.02 km W of Prokópi, Greece · 13957 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 3.36 km ENE of Prokópi, Greece · 13957 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 4.68 km NNE of Ástros, Greece · 13956 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 3.34 km ENE of Prokópi, Greece · 13954 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 3.66 km E of Prokópi, Greece · 13952 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.42 km NNE of Salamína, Greece · 13914 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 3.11 km NE of Agios Dimítrios Kropiás, Greece · 13967 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.412 km NNW of Amfíkleia, Greece · 13968 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 3.28 km NW of Ágioi Theódoroi, Greece · 13969 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 3.814 km SW of Vouliagméni, Greece · 13977 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 3.58 km NE of Náfpaktos, Greece · 13980 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 3.10 km ESE of Salamína, Greece · 13980 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.85 km SW of Galaxídhion, Greece · 13982 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003hm5 (also filed as atlas19880705203452, iscgem430748). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:31 AM UTC.