M4.0 earthquake 64 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 64 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece on Wed, Jul 29, 1981, 1:28 PM GMT+3 (10:28 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 20 km SE of Póros, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-07-29 10:28:45 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.582° N, 20.094° 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.446 km SSE of Lithakiá, Greece · 16485 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.734 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16473 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.220 km SE of Póros, Greece · 16467 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.327 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 16465 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.956 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16458 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.647 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16455 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.317 km W of Kyllíni, Greece · 16444 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.137 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16441 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.232 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16441 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.330 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16441 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.944 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16440 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.037 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16440 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.136 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16439 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 3.857 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 16493 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.441 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16493 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.358 km S of Lithakiá, Greece · 16497 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.450 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16499 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.132 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.664 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 16506 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.224 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16506 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.148 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16507 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.249 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16508 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.650 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16508 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.156 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16509 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.038 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16509 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.136 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16509 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4Ionian Sea · 16510 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.760 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16510 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.136 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16513 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.160 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16514 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.454 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16515 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.653 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16515 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.256 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16516 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001f0d. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:15 PM UTC.