M3.6 earthquake 2 km NNW of Áyios Thomás, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Áyios Thomás, Greece on Sat, Oct 10, 1981, 10:01 AM GMT+2 (08:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 14 km NNW of Kinéta, 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 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-10-10 08:01:59 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.299° N, 23.580° 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.214 km NNW of Kinéta, Greece · 16423 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.0southern Greece · 16415 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.77 km ENE of Erythrés, Greece · 16412 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 3.46 km W of Domvraína, Greece · 16433 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.01 km WNW of Paralía Avlídhos, Greece · 16435 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.54 km N of Erythrés, Greece · 16437 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.96 km SW of Asopía, Greece · 16437 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.41 km SW of Árma, Greece · 16438 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.37 km W of Asopía, Greece · 16441 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.96 km SSW of Politiká, Greece · 16444 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.93 km NNE of Loukísia, Greece · 16444 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001gcq. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:31 PM UTC.