M4.1 earthquake 36 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 36 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece on Sun, Jul 12, 1981, 5:36 AM GMT+3 (02:36 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 50 km SW 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-07-12 02:36:39 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.326° N, 20.051° 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.038 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16509 days ago · 49 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.156 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16508 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.650 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16508 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.249 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16508 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.148 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16507 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.224 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16506 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.729 km WNW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.132 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.450 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16499 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.014 km SW of Kanaláki, Greece · 16495 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.441 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16493 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.857 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 16493 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.064 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 16491 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.734 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16473 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.220 km SE of Póros, Greece · 16467 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.327 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 16464 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.823 km N of Itháki, Greece · 16461 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.956 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16458 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.647 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16454 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
Before
- 3.927 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16509 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Ionian Sea · 16510 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.760 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16510 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.93 km ESE of Préveza, Greece · 16510 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.047 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16513 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.136 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16513 days ago · 36 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.160 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16514 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.454 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16514 days ago · 37 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.653 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16515 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.256 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16516 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.149 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16516 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.176 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16517 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.458 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16517 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.752 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16517 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.645 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16518 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.457 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 16518 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.644 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16518 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.349 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16518 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.537 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16518 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.047 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16518 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001en4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC.