Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 57 km ENE of Skýros, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 57 km ENE of Skýros, Greece on Sun, Dec 20, 1981, 5:16 PM GMT+2 (15:16 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 42 km WNW of Eresós, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1981-12-20 15:16:48 UTC
Depth
11.2 km (7.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.104° N, 25.174° 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: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.244 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 3.647 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 3.751 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.442 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 3.219 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 16346 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 3.356 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 3.636 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16346 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 4.658 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 5.047 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 5.036 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 3.639 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16346 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 3.213 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 16346 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 3.355 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16345 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 3.340 km SSE of Mýrina, Greece · 16345 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 3.447 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16345 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 4.236 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16345 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 3.829 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16344 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 3.529 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16344 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 4.133 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16344 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 3.437 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16341 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 4.549 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16341 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 3.649 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16341 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  23. 4.145 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16340 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 6.529 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16340 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 3.527 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16339 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 3.841 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16339 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 3.937 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16339 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 3.427 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 16339 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 3.243 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 3.246 km NE of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 4.636 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 5.321 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16338 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 3.021 km NW of Skýros, Greece · 16337 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 3.39 km SE of Skýros, Greece · 16337 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 4.237 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16337 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 3.142 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 16337 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 4.534 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16336 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 3.340 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16336 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 3.442 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16335 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 3.535 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16334 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 4.823 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16333 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 3.249 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16332 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 3.727 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16332 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 4.024 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16331 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 4.726 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16331 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 3.831 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16331 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  47. 3.138 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16330 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 3.632 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16330 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 3.246 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16330 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  50. 4.325 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16329 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 3.248 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16328 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  52. 4.528 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16327 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  53. 3.347 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16325 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  54. 3.529 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16325 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 3.834 km W of Eresós, Greece · 16324 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  56. 3.247 km WSW of Eresós, Greece · 16324 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 4.137 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16323 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 4.543 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16322 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  59. 3.133 km NNE of Skýros, Greece · 16322 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 4.138 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16321 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 86.

Before

  1. 3.027 km SSW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 3.2Aegean Sea · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.542 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16347 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 3.3Aegean Sea · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 3.2Aegean Sea · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 3.7Aegean Sea · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 3.613 km ESE of Skýros, Greece · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 3.345 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 3.424 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 3.149 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 3.924 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 2.941 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 3.429 km E of Skýros, Greece · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 3.437 km ENE of Skýros, Greece · 16347 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 3.043 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 3.342 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 16347 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 4.747 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16347 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 3.127 km SW of Bozcaada, Turkey · 16348 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 3.941 km WNW of Eresós, Greece · 16348 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 3.541 km NW of Eresós, Greece · 16348 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away

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