Greece earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 39 km W of Eresós, Greece

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 39 km W of Eresós, Greece on Mon, Dec 21, 1981, 4:23 PM GMT+2 (14:23 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 36 km E of Skýros, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
1981-12-21 14:23:07 UTC
Depth
9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.217° N, 25.482° 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.

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.213 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 16345 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 3.355 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16345 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 3.340 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 16345 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 3.447 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16345 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 4.236 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16345 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 3.829 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16344 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 3.529 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16344 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.133 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16344 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 3.437 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16341 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 4.549 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16341 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 3.649 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16341 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 4.145 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16340 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 6.529 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16340 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 3.527 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16339 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 3.841 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16339 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 3.937 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 3.427 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 3.243 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 3.246 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 4.636 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 5.321 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 3.021 km NW of Skýros, Greece · 16337 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 3.39 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 16337 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 4.237 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16337 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 3.142 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 16337 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 4.534 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16336 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 3.340 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16336 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 3.442 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16335 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 3.535 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16333 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 4.823 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16332 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 3.249 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16332 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 3.727 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16332 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 4.024 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16331 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 4.726 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16331 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 3.831 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16331 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 3.138 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16330 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 3.632 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16330 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 3.246 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16330 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 4.325 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16329 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 3.248 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16328 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 4.528 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16327 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 3.347 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16325 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 3.529 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16325 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 3.834 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16324 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 3.247 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 16324 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 4.137 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16323 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 4.543 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16322 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 3.133 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 16322 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 4.138 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16320 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  50. 4.027 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16319 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 3.657 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 16319 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  52. 3.544 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16319 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 4.328 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 16317 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 3.637 km WSW of Mýrina, Greece · 16317 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 3.543 km WSW of Mýrina, Greece · 16317 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 3.139 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 16316 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  57. 3.237 km W of Psará, Greece · 16313 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 3.746 km WNW of Psará, Greece · 16307 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 3.428 km NNW of Eresós, Greece · 16303 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 3.540 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16303 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of 64.

Before

  1. 5.036 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 5.047 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.658 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 3.636 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16346 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 3.356 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 3.219 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 16346 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 4.442 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 3.751 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 3.647 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 3.244 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 4.057 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16347 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 3.027 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 3.2Aegean Sea · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 4.542 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16347 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 3.3Aegean Sea · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 3.2Aegean Sea · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 3.7Aegean Sea · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 3.613 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 3.345 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 3.424 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001hju. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:06 AM UTC.