Greece earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 31 km NNW of Skýros, Greece

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 31 km NNW of Skýros, Greece on Sun, May 24, 1981, 12:00 AM GMT+3 (21:00 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (ms), light
Local time
UTC
1981-05-23 21:00:43 UTC
Depth
26.8 km (16.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.178° N, 24.481° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.333 km NW of Skýros, Greece · 16559 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 4.024 km N of Skýros, Greece · 16559 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 3.924 km N of Skýros, Greece · 16550 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 3.4Greece · 16537 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 3.111 km SW of Skópelos, Greece · 16560 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 3.454 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16561 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 3.16 km SE of Sykiá, Greece · 16574 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001du4 (also filed as iscgemsup627069). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 5:51 AM UTC.