M3.9 earthquake 1 km WSW of Erythrés, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 1 km WSW of Erythrés, Greece on Mon, Sep 7, 1981, 9:15 PM GMT+3 (18:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 7 km W of Asopía, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-09-07 18:15:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.211° N, 23.310° 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.93 km NNE of Loukísia, Greece · 16438 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.96 km SSW of Politiká, Greece · 16438 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.37 km W of Asopía, Greece · 16435 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.41 km SW of Árma, Greece · 16432 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.96 km SW of Asopía, Greece · 16432 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.54 km N of Erythrés, Greece · 16431 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.01 km WNW of Paralía Avlídhos, Greece · 16429 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.46 km W of Domvraína, Greece · 16427 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.62 km NNW of Áyios Thomás, Greece · 16418 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.214 km NNW of Kinéta, Greece · 16417 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.0southern Greece · 16409 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.77 km ENE of Erythrés, Greece · 16406 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
Before
- 3.710 km NE of Perachóra, Greece · 16455 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.09 km E of Vília, Greece · 16462 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.913 km WSW of Vília, Greece · 16463 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.13 km WSW of Asopía, Greece · 16468 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.34 km E of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16473 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.28 km N of Kinéta, Greece · 16474 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.04 km NNW of Delphi, Greece · 16479 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.14 km SW of Thívai, Greece · 16480 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001fqz. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC.