M3.5 earthquake 12 km SE of Paramythiá, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 12 km SE of Paramythiá, Greece on Fri, Apr 12, 1991, 7:14 PM GMT+3 (16:14 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 1 km W of Agios Georgis, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-04-12 16:14:47 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.385° N, 20.598° 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.12 km N of Lefkímmi, Greece · 12955 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.26 km SSE of Kandíla, Greece · 12951 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.68 km W of Kontokáli, Greece · 12942 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.11 km W of Agios Georgis, Greece · 12942 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.113 km ESE of Sardínia, Greece · 12939 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.411 km E of Anthiró, Greece · 12933 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.04 km SSE of Anéza, Greece · 12920 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.07 km N of Pappadátes, Greece · 12918 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.310 km NNW of Pappadátes, Greece · 12918 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.07 km NW of Pappadátes, Greece · 12918 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.39 km N of Kerasochóri, Greece · 12917 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.58 km WNW of Prámanta, Greece · 12904 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 2.97 km W of Kanaláki, Greece · 12962 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.02 km SW of Paramythiá, Greece · 12971 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.53 km WNW of Kanaláki, Greece · 12980 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.29 km SE of Párga, Greece · 12980 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.05 km W of Kanaláki, Greece · 12981 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.15 km SW of Asprángeloi, Greece · 12981 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.07 km NW of Kanaláki, Greece · 12981 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.53 km SE of Párga, Greece · 12981 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.97 km SE of Párga, Greece · 12981 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.44 km E of Párga, Greece · 12982 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.87 km ENE of Párga, Greece · 12983 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.56 km WNW of Kanaláki, Greece · 12983 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.26 km S of Kanaláki, Greece · 12983 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.87 km E of Párga, Greece · 12983 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.76 km SW of Kanaláki, Greece · 12985 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.811 km ENE of Párga, Greece · 12985 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004q8g. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:14 AM UTC.