M3.9 earthquake 31 km N of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 31 km N of Skýros, Greece on Fri, Apr 3, 1981, 9:36 PM GMT+3 (18:36 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 31 km NNW of Skýros, 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
- 1981-04-03 18:36:31 UTC
- Depth
- 11.2 km (7.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.189° N, 24.596° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.627 km N of Skýros, Greece · 16613 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.732 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 16611 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.48 km E of Alivéri, Greece · 16596 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.454 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16565 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.111 km SW of Skópelos, Greece · 16563 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.331 km NNW of Skýros, Greece · 16563 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.333 km NW of Skýros, Greece · 16562 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.024 km N of Skýros, Greece · 16562 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.924 km N of Skýros, Greece · 16553 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001d0a. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:02 AM UTC.