M4.6 earthquake 45 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 45 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece on Fri, Jul 3, 1981, 6:55 AM GMT+3 (03:55 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-07-03 03:55:17 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.084° N, 19.934° 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 1.6 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.752 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16517 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.458 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16517 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.176 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16517 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.149 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16515 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.256 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16515 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.653 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16514 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.454 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16514 days ago · 37 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.160 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16513 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.136 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16512 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.047 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16512 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.760 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16509 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4Ionian Sea · 16509 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.927 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16508 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.136 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16508 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.038 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16508 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.156 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16508 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.650 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16507 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.249 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16507 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.148 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16506 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.224 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.664 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.132 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.450 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16499 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.441 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16492 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.857 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 16492 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.064 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 16491 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.734 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16472 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.220 km SE of Póros, Greece · 16466 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.327 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 16464 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.823 km N of Itháki, Greece · 16461 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.457 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 16517 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.644 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16517 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.349 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16517 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.537 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16517 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.047 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16517 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.650 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16518 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.059 km SSW of Gáïos, Greece · 16518 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.435 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16519 days ago · 49 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.646 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16519 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2Ionian Sea · 16520 days ago · 48 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.341 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16520 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.155 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16520 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.441 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16520 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.344 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16520 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.458 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16520 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.336 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16520 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.450 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16521 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.747 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16521 days ago · 36 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.453 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16521 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.058 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 16521 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001eg7. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.