M3.9 earthquake 9 km SW of Paramythiá, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Paramythiá, Greece on Sat, Jun 3, 1989, 8:38 PM GMT+3 (17:38 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 9 km NE of Corfu, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1989-06-03 17:38:28 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.405° N, 20.449° 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.19 km NE of Corfu, Greece · 13633 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.37 km SSW of Préveza, Greece · 13628 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.114 km NW of Metsovo, Greece · 13620 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.89 km NNE of Kónitsa, Greece · 13615 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.87 km ENE of Konispol, Albania · 13614 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.921 km WSW of Ágios Matthaíos, Greece · 13609 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.430 km SSE of Gáïos, Greece · 13605 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.74 km SSW of Konispol, Albania · 13603 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.01 km SE of Archontochóri, Greece · 13594 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.18 km SW of Paramythiá, Greece · 13588 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.614 km SE of Himarë, Albania · 13586 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.210 km NNE of Kónitsa, Greece · 13586 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.424 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 13585 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 3.28 km ENE of Katsikás, Greece · 13638 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.76 km ESE of Leskovik, Albania · 13640 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.53 km NE of Himarë, Albania · 13642 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.625 km NW of Itháki, Greece · 13643 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.29 km ENE of Konispol, Albania · 13661 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003vy4. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC.