M3.7 earthquake 5 km NNW of Párga, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Párga, Greece on Fri, Jul 24, 1981, 5:32 AM GMT+3 (02:32 UTC), 33 km (21 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
- 3.7 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-07-24 02:32:10 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.333° N, 20.372° 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 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.413 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16496 days ago · 61 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.014 km SW of Kanaláki, Greece · 16496 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.69 km NNE of Metsovo, Greece · 16495 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.811 km E of Filiátes, Greece · 16494 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.56 km SW of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 16486 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.113 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16474 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.611 km E of Metsovo, Greece · 16474 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.78 km SE of Acharávi, Greece · 16468 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.823 km N of Itháki, Greece · 16462 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 3.729 km WNW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.927 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16510 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.93 km ESE of Préveza, Greece · 16510 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.83 km SSW of Kónitsa, Greece · 16511 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.9Greece-Albania border region · 16511 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.047 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16514 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.117 km WSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 16517 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.610 km NE of Metsovo, Greece · 16517 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.311 km SSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 16517 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.214 km WSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 16519 days ago · 49 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.82 km S of Vounoplagiá, Greece · 16519 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.059 km SSW of Gáïos, Greece · 16520 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.014 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16521 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001ewk. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC.