M3.3 earthquake 31 km WSW of Émponas, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 31 km WSW of Émponas, Greece on Thu, Oct 5, 1989, 5:16 PM GMT+2 (15:16 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 21 km SW of Mandráki, 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, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1989-10-05 15:16:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.128° N, 27.534° 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
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Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.833 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 13509 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.923 km N of Fry, Greece · 13507 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.127 km NW of Fry, Greece · 13491 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.947 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 13490 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.621 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 13487 days ago · 141 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.561 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 13469 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.422 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 13464 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.029 km E of Astypálaia, Greece · 13464 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.635 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 13461 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00040by. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.