M3.4 earthquake 6 km NW of Pátra, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Pátra, Greece on Sun, May 21, 1989, 6:53 AM GMT+3 (03:53 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 3 km WSW of Káto Mazaráki, 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
- 3.4 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1989-05-21 03:53:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.282° N, 21.679° 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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.88 km ENE of Kerasochóri, Greece · 13649 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.98 km WSW of Arkoúdi, Greece · 13647 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.54 km WSW of Áno Kastrítsi, Greece · 13646 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.96 km WSW of Kyriáki, Greece · 13642 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.410 km ENE of Kerasochóri, Greece · 13642 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.67 km SSE of Valsamáta, Greece · 13640 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.415 km SE of Zakynthos, Greece · 13636 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.23 km WSW of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 13632 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.213 km ESE of Várda, Greece · 13632 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.311 km SE of Várda, Greece · 13630 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.010 km SW of Kyriáki, Greece · 13630 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.112 km WSW of Kalávryta, Greece · 13622 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.58 km NNW of Lechainá, Greece · 13613 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.18 km SSE of Antikyra, Greece · 13609 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.16 km NE of Levídion, Greece · 13606 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.914 km S of Antikyra, Greece · 13602 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.63 km S of Gavaloú, Greece · 13599 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.05 km SSW of Kyriáki, Greece · 13597 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.33 km WNW of Pátra, Greece · 13597 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.01 km SE of Archontochóri, Greece · 13596 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.120 km NNE of Levídion, Greece · 13591 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 3.516 km WSW of Anávra, Greece · 13652 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.510 km S of Arkoúdi, Greece · 13655 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.31 km NNE of Pátra, Greece · 13655 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.82 km ENE of Aktaío, Greece · 13655 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.116 km SSE of Spercheiáda, Greece · 13660 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Antikyra, Greece · 13661 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.72 km WSW of Kyriáki, Greece · 13661 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.36 km SW of Kyriáki, Greece · 13661 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.212 km SSW of Antikyra, Greece · 13663 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.210 km S of Antikyra, Greece · 13663 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.15 km SW of Kyriáki, Greece · 13663 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.55 km S of Kyriáki, Greece · 13663 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.811 km SSW of Antikyra, Greece · 13663 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.44 km S of Kyriáki, Greece · 13664 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9Greece · 13664 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.413 km SSW of Kallíthiro, Greece · 13670 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.98 km WSW of Kríkellos, Greece · 13675 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.013 km ENE of Témeni, Greece · 13676 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.514 km NNE of Rododáfni, Greece · 13679 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003vej. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:14 PM UTC.