M3.4 earthquake 7 km SSW of Kaparéllion, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 7 km SSW of Kaparéllion, Greece on Sun, May 3, 1981, 3:40 PM GMT+3 (12:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 5 km SE of Kaparéllion, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-05-03 12:40:03 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.181° N, 23.169° 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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.65 km SE of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16578 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.310 km NNE of Roviés, Greece · 16577 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.31 km WNW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16572 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.42 km S of Thívai, Greece · 16572 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.812 km SW of Vília, Greece · 16570 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.85 km E of Vágia, Greece · 16569 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.55 km NE of Amfíkleia, Greece · 16567 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.513 km NE of Perachóra, Greece · 16567 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.53 km WSW of Vília, Greece · 16559 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.43 km SE of Antikyra, Greece · 16557 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1Greece · 16551 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.63 km W of Vília, Greece · 16549 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.63 km SW of Thespiés, Greece · 16544 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.81 km S of Árma, Greece · 16544 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.57 km SSE of Vília, Greece · 16538 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.4Greece · 16535 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.311 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 16535 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.03 km NW of Kinéta, Greece · 16534 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.35 km NE of Kinéta, Greece · 16533 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.06 km SSE of Vília, Greece · 16530 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.97 km SSW of Vília, Greece · 16528 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.310 km WSW of Vília, Greece · 16525 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.27 km ENE of Vília, Greece · 16521 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.15 km S of Thívai, Greece · 16519 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.36 km SW of Thívai, Greece · 16518 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
Before
- 4.25 km NW of Antikyra, Greece · 16584 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.93 km NNE of Erythrés, Greece · 16586 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.56 km NE of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16587 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.48 km E of Alivéri, Greece · 16591 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.13 km SW of Avlónas, Greece · 16591 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.211 km SW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16594 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.26 km S of Lidoríki, Greece · 16597 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.58 km WSW of Vília, Greece · 16598 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.54 km SE of Áyios Thomás, Greece · 16599 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.22 km WNW of Áyios Thomás, Greece · 16601 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.22 km SSW of Erythrés, Greece · 16604 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.56 km W of Asopía, Greece · 16604 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001dgk. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC.