M3.8 earthquake 3 km SSW of Kónitsa, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 3 km SSW of Kónitsa, Greece on Fri, Jul 10, 1981, 3:27 AM GMT+3 (00:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 13 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-07-10 00:27:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.017° N, 20.738° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.75 km NNW of Párga, Greece · 16497 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.413 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16496 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.014 km SW of Kanaláki, Greece · 16495 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.69 km NNE of Metsovo, Greece · 16495 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.811 km E of Filiátes, Greece · 16493 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.56 km SW of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 16486 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.113 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16474 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.611 km E of Metsovo, Greece · 16474 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.78 km SE of Acharávi, Greece · 16468 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 3.9Greece-Albania border region · 16511 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.117 km WSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 16517 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.610 km NE of Metsovo, Greece · 16517 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.311 km SSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 16517 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.214 km WSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 16518 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.82 km S of Vounoplagiá, Greece · 16519 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.014 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16521 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.310 km SSW of Pérdika, Greece · 16529 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.57 km WSW of Paramythiá, Greece · 16529 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001ekx. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:45 PM UTC.