M3.3 earthquake 5 km WSW of Paramythiá, Greece
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Paramythiá, Greece on Mon, Dec 11, 1989, 11:34 PM GMT+2 (21:34 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1989-12-11 21:34:22 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.454° N, 20.454° 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.
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.515 km NE of Filiátes, Greece · 13434 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.612 km ENE of Párga, Greece · 13419 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.114 km NW of Kalpáki, Greece · 13403 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.114 km WNW of Rodotópi, Greece · 13390 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.36 km S of Rodotópi, Greece · 13387 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.7Greece-Albania border region · 13386 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.47 km W of Kandíla, Greece · 13386 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.635 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 13385 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.532 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 13384 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00042zg. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:14 AM UTC.