M3.0 earthquake 6 km SW of Itháki, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Itháki, Greece on Tue, Feb 20, 1990, 9:33 PM GMT+2 (19:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 12 km W of Lixoúri, 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
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-02-20 19:33:44 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.328° N, 20.655° 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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.812 km S of Arkoúdi, Greece · 13360 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.110 km SSW of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 13355 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.49 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece · 13353 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.123 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 13351 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.08 km WNW of Préveza, Greece · 13351 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Kardamás, Greece · 13346 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.64 km SE of Kardamás, Greece · 13346 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.48 km NNW of Antirrio, Greece · 13343 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.529 km SW of Gáïos, Greece · 13341 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.314 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 13338 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.24 km SE of Chávari, Greece · 13333 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.12 km NNW of Káto Mazaráki, Greece · 13333 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.64 km SW of Pálairos, Greece · 13331 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.91 km NE of Pálairos, Greece · 13326 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.65 km NW of Náfpaktos, Greece · 13326 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.312 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 13324 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.715 km N of Lixoúri, Greece · 13324 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.36 km W of Sámi, Greece · 13320 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.421 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 13314 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.25 km WSW of Pálairos, Greece · 13313 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 4.1Ionian Sea · 13381 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.532 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 13383 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.635 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 13385 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.47 km W of Kandíla, Greece · 13385 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.7Greece-Albania border region · 13386 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.029 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 13389 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.050 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 13389 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.123 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 13393 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00045q5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:44 AM UTC.