M3.9 earthquake 3 km ESE of Préveza, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 3 km ESE of Préveza, Greece on Sat, Jul 11, 1981, 2:52 AM GMT+3 (23:52 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 36 km WNW 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
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-07-10 23:52:32 UTC
- Depth
- 15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.949° N, 20.791° 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.927 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16509 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.136 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16509 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.038 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16509 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.69 km SSE of Mataránga, Greece · 16507 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.224 km W of Lixoúri, Greece · 16506 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.729 km WNW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.132 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.75 km NNW of Párga, Greece · 16497 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.413 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16496 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.014 km SW of Kanaláki, Greece · 16496 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.811 km E of Filiátes, Greece · 16493 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.56 km SW of Agía Kyriakí, Greece · 16486 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.113 km ESE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16474 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.823 km N of Itháki, Greece · 16462 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.956 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16458 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.216 km N of Kerasochóri, Greece · 16455 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.647 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16455 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.047 km WSW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16513 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.136 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16513 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.117 km WSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 16517 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.311 km SSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 16517 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.537 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16518 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.214 km WSW of Rodotópi, Greece · 16519 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.82 km S of Vounoplagiá, Greece · 16519 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.059 km SSW of Gáïos, Greece · 16519 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.435 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16520 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.014 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece · 16521 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.344 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16521 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.938 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16522 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.241 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16522 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.336 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16526 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.545 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16526 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.310 km SSW of Pérdika, Greece · 16529 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.57 km WSW of Paramythiá, Greece · 16529 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.86 km WNW of Kandíla, Greece · 16535 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.638 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16538 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.633 km NW of Itháki, Greece · 16539 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001emk. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:15 PM UTC.