M3.1 earthquake 42 km NW of Eresós, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 42 km NW of Eresós, Greece on Wed, Dec 30, 1981, 2:32 PM GMT+3 (11:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 34 km E of Skýros, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-12-30 11:32:07 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.430° N, 25.572° 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: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.534 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16336 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.340 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16336 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.442 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16335 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.535 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16333 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.823 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16332 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.249 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16332 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.727 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16332 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.024 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16331 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.726 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16331 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.831 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16331 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.138 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16330 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.632 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16330 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.246 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16330 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.325 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16329 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.248 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16328 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.528 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16327 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.347 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16325 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.529 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16325 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.834 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16324 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.247 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 16323 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.137 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16323 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.543 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16322 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.133 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 16322 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.138 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16320 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.027 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16319 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.657 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 16319 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.544 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16318 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.328 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 16317 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.640 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 16317 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.140 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 16317 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.637 km WSW of Mýrina, Greece · 16317 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.438 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 16317 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.543 km WSW of Mýrina, Greece · 16317 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.539 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 16317 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.139 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 16316 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.132 km W of Mýrina, Greece · 16313 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.237 km W of Psará, Greece · 16313 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.746 km WNW of Psará, Greece · 16307 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.428 km NNW of Eresós, Greece · 16303 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.540 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16303 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.457 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 16301 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.959 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 16299 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.421 km NNE of Psará, Greece · 16288 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.951 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16277 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 4.237 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16337 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.238 km SW of Kamariótissa, Greece · 16337 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.321 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.636 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.246 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.243 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.937 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.841 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16339 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.527 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16339 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
- 6.529 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16339 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.145 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16339 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.649 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16340 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.549 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16341 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.437 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16341 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.133 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16344 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.529 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16344 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.829 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16344 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.236 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16345 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.447 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16345 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.340 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 16345 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001hsu. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:46 AM UTC.