Greece earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 47 km W of Eresós, Greece

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 47 km W of Eresós, Greece on Mon, Dec 21, 1981, 5:13 PM GMT+3 (14:13 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.5 29 km E of Skýros, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mb), moderate
Local time: Mon, Dec 21, 1981, 5:13 PM GMT+3
UTC: 1981-12-21 14:13:17 UTC
Depth: 14.3 km (8.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 39.252° N, 25.390° E
Region: Greece
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 73.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001hjs (also filed as iscgemsup607537). Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 7:28 PM UTC.