M4.1 earthquake 16 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 16 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece on Thu, Feb 8, 1973, 11:25 AM GMT+2 (09:25 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 33 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-02-08 09:25:46 UTC
- Depth
- 53.0 km (32.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.257° N, 20.263° 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.
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.544 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 19589 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.633 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 19589 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.319 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 19582 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.125 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 19577 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.58 km SE of Zakynthos, Greece · 19572 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.741 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 19564 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.14 km NNW of Archontochóri, Greece · 19559 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.532 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 19544 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.112 km S of Astakós, Greece · 19542 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00000ex. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:48 PM UTC.