M3.7 earthquake 1 km NW of Pappadhátai, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 1 km NW of Pappadhátai, Greece on Wed, Feb 11, 1981, 8:34 PM GMT+2 (18:34 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 12 km NW of Lidoríki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-02-11 18:34:08 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.536° N, 21.443° 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
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Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.17 km NW of Ámfissa, Greece · 16657 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.010 km W of Amfíkleia, Greece · 16657 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.912 km NW of Lidoríki, Greece · 16638 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.70 km SSW of Antirrio, Greece · 16636 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.96 km N of Aitolikó, Greece · 16630 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.215 km WNW of Kalávryta, Greece · 16621 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.43 km E of Sardínia, Greece · 16612 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.511 km ENE of Áno Kalentíni, Greece · 16603 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.18 km NNE of Vónitsa, Greece · 16603 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.57 km NW of Pálairos, Greece · 16603 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 3.45 km WNW of Galaxídhion, Greece · 16661 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.63 km WNW of Sardínia, Greece · 16664 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.12 km E of Galaxídhion, Greece · 16674 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.413 km E of Pappadátes, Greece · 16687 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001c4j. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:56 AM UTC.