M4.0 earthquake 14 km SW of Kanaláki, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 14 km SW of Kanaláki, Greece on Sat, Jul 25, 1981, 12:17 PM GMT+3 (09:17 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 13 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-07-25 09:17:35 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.153° N, 20.465° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.811 km E of Filiátes, Greece · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.56 km SW of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 16495 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.113 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16483 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.78 km SE of Acharávi, Greece · 16477 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.823 km N of Itháki, Greece · 16470 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.956 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16467 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.647 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16463 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.944 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16449 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.413 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16505 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.75 km NNW of Párga, Greece · 16506 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.729 km WNW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16512 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.038 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16518 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.136 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16518 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.927 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16518 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.93 km ESE of Préveza, Greece · 16519 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.83 km SSW of Kónitsa, Greece · 16520 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.9Greece-Albania border region · 16520 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.047 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16522 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.136 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16522 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.117 km WSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 16526 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.311 km SSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 16526 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.214 km WSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 16527 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.82 km S of Vounoplagiá, Greece · 16528 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.059 km SSW of Gáïos, Greece · 16528 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.435 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16529 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.014 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16530 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.344 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16530 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.938 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16531 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001exb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC.