M3.1 earthquake 28 km W of Lefkáda, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 28 km W of Lefkáda, Greece on Sat, Aug 5, 1989, 6:11 PM GMT+3 (15:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 31 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1989-08-05 15:11:33 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.828° N, 20.373° 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.010 km NE of Monastiráki, Greece · 13570 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.27 km NE of Préveza, Greece · 13570 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.04 km W of Amfilochía, Greece · 13570 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.49 km NNE of Monastiráki, Greece · 13570 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.66 km W of Kríkellos, Greece · 13570 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.19 km SSW of Neochóri, Greece · 13570 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.611 km SW of Menídi, Greece · 13570 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.6Greece · 13570 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.59 km SSW of Neochóri, Greece · 13570 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.01 km E of Amfilochía, Greece · 13570 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.134 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 13566 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.412 km SSE of Itháki, Greece · 13562 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.231 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 13553 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.24 km SSE of Póros, Greece · 13553 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.936 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 13553 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.237 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 13552 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.336 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 13550 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.322 km SE of Gáïos, Greece · 13549 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.511 km E of Gáïos, Greece · 13532 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.411 km NE of Triandaíika, Greece · 13531 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.53 km NNW of Pappadátes, Greece · 13526 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.710 km NNW of Pappadátes, Greece · 13526 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.35 km ENE of Archontochóri, Greece · 13518 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.77 km S of Párga, Greece · 13513 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003y3k. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC.