M3.6 earthquake 83 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 83 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece on Tue, May 18, 1976, 7:15 PM GMT+3 (16:15 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 36 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-05-18 16:15:42 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.312° N, 20.038° 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
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.024 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 18378 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.555 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18377 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.356 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18377 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.630 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 18377 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.236 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18376 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.956 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 18372 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.091 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18370 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.7125 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18367 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.531 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18364 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.343 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18364 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.649 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18364 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.432 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18363 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.538 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18361 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.913 km SW of Katastárion, Greece · 18356 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.516 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18337 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.447 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18332 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 2.837 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18390 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.146 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18393 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.364 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18394 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.864 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 18395 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.354 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18395 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 6.445 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece · 18395 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.634 km W of Katastárion, Greece · 18415 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000gdk. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:40 AM UTC.