M4.4 earthquake 57 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 57 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece on Fri, Jul 3, 1981, 5:35 AM GMT+3 (02:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 52 km W of Lixoúri, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-07-03 02:35:49 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.575° N, 20.195° 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: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.645 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16524 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.752 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16524 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.458 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16524 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.176 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16524 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.149 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16523 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.256 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16522 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.653 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16521 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.454 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16521 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.160 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16521 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.136 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16520 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.760 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16516 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Ionian Sea · 16516 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.136 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16515 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.038 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16515 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.156 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16515 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.650 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16514 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.249 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16514 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.148 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16514 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.224 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16512 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.664 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 16512 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.132 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16509 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.450 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16506 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.358 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.441 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16499 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.857 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 16499 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.064 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 16498 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.446 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 16491 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.734 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16479 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.220 km SE of Póros, Greece · 16473 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.327 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 16471 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.644 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16524 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.349 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16524 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.537 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16524 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.047 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16524 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.650 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16525 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.435 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16526 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.646 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16527 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2Ionian Sea · 16527 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.341 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16527 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.155 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16527 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.441 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16527 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.344 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16527 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.458 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16527 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.336 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16528 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.450 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16528 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.747 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16528 days ago · 36 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.453 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16528 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.058 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 16528 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.940 km SSW of Argostólion, Greece · 16528 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.985 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16528 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001eg4. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:16 AM UTC.