M4.0 earthquake 37 km W of Lixoúri, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 37 km W of Lixoúri, Greece on Sat, Sep 19, 1981, 4:37 AM GMT+3 (01:37 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 36 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-09-19 01:37:06 UTC
- Depth
- 42.1 km (26.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.223° N, 20.014° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.136 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16445 days ago · 37 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.67 km SE of Lefkáda, Greece · 16421 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.961 km WSW of Katastárion, Greece · 16392 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 3.944 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16446 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.330 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16446 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.232 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16446 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.137 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16446 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.317 km W of Kyllíni, Greece · 16450 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.647 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16460 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.956 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16463 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.823 km N of Itháki, Greece · 16467 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.327 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece · 16470 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.220 km SE of Póros, Greece · 16472 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001fz5. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:20 AM UTC.