M3.5 earthquake 15 km NE of Filiátes, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 15 km NE of Filiátes, Greece on Thu, Dec 21, 1989, 10:15 PM GMT+2 (20:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 Greece-Albania border region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1989-12-21 20:15:42 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.714° N, 20.420° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.612 km ENE of Párga, Greece · 13419 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.66 km W of Tepelenë, Albania · 13417 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.114 km NW of Kalpáki, Greece · 13403 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.114 km WNW of Rodotópi, Greece · 13390 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.36 km S of Rodotópi, Greece · 13388 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.7Greece-Albania border region · 13387 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.48 km ENE of Himarë, Albania · 13376 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 3.35 km WSW of Paramythiá, Greece · 13444 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.11 km NNW of Tsotíli, Greece · 13448 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.613 km NW of Nestório, Greece · 13449 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.012 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 13454 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.88 km S of Kónitsa, Greece · 13456 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00043ds. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:50 AM UTC.