Greece earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 43 km WNW of Filiatrá, Greece

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 43 km WNW of Filiatrá, Greece on Tue, Oct 6, 1998, 3:27 PM GMT+3 (12:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.4 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Oct 6, 1998, 3:27 PM GMT+3
UTC: 1998-10-06 12:27:41 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.247° N, 21.107° 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
5.4	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.37	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.4	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt on Zakinthos. Also felt in parts of southern Greece.

From the USGS event page for usp0008w2m. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique reverse
Nodal plane 1: Strike 188°, dip 46°, rake 146°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 303°, dip 66°, rake 49°

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 2.4 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0008w2m (also filed as gcmtb100698b, gcmt19981006122742, iscgem1310267). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:58 PM UTC.