M4.6 earthquake 44 km S of Moíres, Greece
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 44 km S of Moíres, Greece on Wed, Mar 13, 1974, 7:20 PM GMT+2 (17:20 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 36 km S of Tympáki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1974-03-13 17:20:45 UTC
- Depth
- 51.0 km (31.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.651° N, 24.831° 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
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.036 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 19162 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.265 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 19155 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.155 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 19151 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.383 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece · 19141 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.642 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 19191 days ago · 54 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.245 km S of Moíres, Greece · 19191 days ago · 57 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.344 km SSW of Tympáki, Greece · 19192 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.532 km S of Tympáki, Greece · 19193 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.190 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 19197 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
Earthquakes todayGreece earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00005m6 (also filed as iscgem750451). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC.