Greece earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 11 km ENE of Párga, Greece

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 11 km ENE of Párga, Greece on Fri, Mar 15, 1991, 3:30 PM GMT+2 (13:30 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 7 km SE of Párga, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Fri, Mar 15, 1991, 3:30 PM GMT+2
UTC: 1991-03-15 13:30:19 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 39.341° N, 20.508° E
Region: Greece
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.8	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 34 stations
5.22	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.21

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004p33 (also filed as iscgem338582). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:59 AM UTC.