M3.6 earthquake 27 km N of Skýros, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 27 km N of Skýros, Greece on Fri, Apr 3, 1981, 9:44 PM GMT+3 (18:44 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 3.6 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-04-03 18:44:57 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.143° N, 24.503° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.732 km N of Patitírion, Greece · 16611 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.48 km E of Alivéri, Greece · 16595 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.454 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16565 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.111 km SW of Skópelos, Greece · 16563 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.331 km NNW of Skýros, Greece · 16562 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.333 km NW of Skýros, Greece · 16562 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.024 km N of Skýros, Greece · 16562 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.924 km N of Skýros, Greece · 16553 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001d0b. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:03 AM UTC.