M4.1 earthquake 23 km S of Pýrgos, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 23 km S of Pýrgos, Greece on Sun, Sep 13, 1981, 1:40 AM GMT+3 (22:40 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 18 km SSW of Pýrgos, 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
- 1981-09-12 22:40:30 UTC
- Depth
- 54.7 km (34.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.798° N, 25.169° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.918 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16445 days ago · 44 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.630 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16445 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.512 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16445 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.236 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16445 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.2110 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece · 16428 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.721 km NNE of Sísion, Greece · 16419 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001fum. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC.