M3.5 earthquake 3 km NNW of Pappadátes, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 3 km NNW of Pappadátes, Greece on Wed, Sep 20, 1989, 9:53 AM GMT+3 (06:53 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 18 km SSE of Anthiró, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 1989-09-20 06:53:30 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.344° N, 20.782° 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: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.710 km NNW of Pappadátes, Greece · 13527 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.35 km ENE of Archontochóri, Greece · 13520 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.77 km S of Párga, Greece · 13515 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.94 km ESE of Stános, Greece · 13512 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.73 km ENE of Stános, Greece · 13512 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.112 km NE of Monastiráki, Greece · 13505 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.142 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 13504 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.333 km SW of Gáïos, Greece · 13497 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.428 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 13497 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.48 km NNE of Párga, Greece · 13497 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.16 km W of Kerasochóri, Greece · 13492 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.99 km NE of Vónitsa, Greece · 13488 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.22 km N of Amfilochía, Greece · 13488 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.52 km ESE of Menídi, Greece · 13488 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.615 km SSE of Áno Kalentíni, Greece · 13488 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.111 km E of Menídi, Greece · 13488 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.120 km NE of Kríkellos, Greece · 13488 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.512 km ENE of Menídi, Greece · 13488 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.111 km E of Menídi, Greece · 13488 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.20 km SSW of Kríkellos, Greece · 13488 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.117 km ENE of Menídi, Greece · 13488 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.05 km SSE of Menídi, Greece · 13488 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.618 km SSE of Anthiró, Greece · 13480 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.127 km SW of Gáïos, Greece · 13469 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.17 km NE of Ksamil, Albania · 13468 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.117 km SSW of Morfovoúni, Greece · 13468 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.611 km NE of Voulgaréli, Greece · 13528 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.411 km NE of Triandaíika, Greece · 13533 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.511 km E of Gáïos, Greece · 13534 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.27 km SE of Anthiró, Greece · 13546 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.2Greece · 13546 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.322 km SE of Gáïos, Greece · 13551 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
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