M4.6 earthquake 36 km E of Skýros, Greece

Magnitude

4.6 (mb), light

Local time

Tue, Dec 29, 1981, 7:08 AM GMT+2

UTC

1981-12-29 05:08:15 UTC

Depth

9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.942° N, 24.983° E

Region

Greece

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

• Chios, GreecePopulation 23,953. Forecast119 kmWNW
• Peristéri, GreecePopulation 139,981. Forecast152 kmNE
• İzmir, TurkeyPopulation 2,938,292. Forecast196 kmWNW

After

1. 5.321 km ESE of Skýros, GreeceTue, Dec 29, 10:00 AM GMT+2 · 16343 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
2. 3.021 km NW of Skýros, GreeceWed, Dec 30, 6:12 AM GMT+2 · 16342 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
3. 3.39 km SE of Skýros, GreeceWed, Dec 30, 9:22 AM GMT+2 · 16342 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
4. 4.237 km E of Skýros, GreeceWed, Dec 30, 10:38 AM GMT+2 · 16342 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
5. 3.142 km NW of Eresós, GreeceWed, Dec 30, 2:32 PM GMT+3 · 16342 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
6. 4.534 km E of Skýros, GreeceThu, Dec 31, 2:55 AM GMT+2 · 16341 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
7. 3.340 km WNW of Eresós, GreeceThu, Dec 31, 5:51 AM GMT+3 · 16341 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
8. 3.442 km E of Skýros, GreeceFri, Jan 1, 2:44 AM GMT+2 · 16340 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
9. 3.535 km ENE of Skýros, GreeceSat, Jan 2, 9:02 PM GMT+2 · 16338 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
10. 4.823 km E of Skýros, GreeceSun, Jan 3, 9:35 PM GMT+2 · 16337 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
11. 3.249 km E of Skýros, GreeceMon, Jan 4, 6:01 AM GMT+2 · 16337 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
12. 3.727 km ESE of Skýros, GreeceMon, Jan 4, 11:56 AM GMT+2 · 16337 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
13. 4.024 km E of Skýros, GreeceTue, Jan 5, 2:21 AM GMT+2 · 16336 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
14. 4.726 km E of Skýros, GreeceTue, Jan 5, 2:30 AM GMT+2 · 16336 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
15. 3.831 km E of Skýros, GreeceTue, Jan 5, 10:29 AM GMT+2 · 16336 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
16. 3.138 km ESE of Skýros, GreeceTue, Jan 5, 11:39 PM GMT+2 · 16335 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
17. 3.632 km E of Skýros, GreeceWed, Jan 6, 2:30 AM GMT+2 · 16335 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
18. 3.246 km E of Skýros, GreeceWed, Jan 6, 12:31 PM GMT+2 · 16335 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
19. 4.325 km E of Skýros, GreeceThu, Jan 7, 2:39 AM GMT+2 · 16334 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
20. 3.248 km E of Skýros, GreeceFri, Jan 8, 11:41 AM GMT+2 · 16333 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
21. 4.528 km ESE of Skýros, GreeceSat, Jan 9, 12:20 AM GMT+2 · 16332 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
22. 3.347 km W of Eresós, GreeceMon, Jan 11, 12:11 AM GMT+2 · 16330 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
23. 3.529 km E of Skýros, GreeceMon, Jan 11, 1:00 AM GMT+2 · 16330 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
24. 3.834 km W of Eresós, GreeceTue, Jan 12, 5:08 AM GMT+2 · 16329 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
25. 3.247 km WSW of Eresós, GreeceTue, Jan 12, 6:42 PM GMT+2 · 16328 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
26. 4.137 km E of Skýros, GreeceWed, Jan 13, 6:09 AM GMT+2 · 16328 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
27. 4.543 km E of Skýros, GreeceWed, Jan 13, 11:23 PM GMT+2 · 16327 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
28. 3.133 km NNE of Skýros, GreeceThu, Jan 14, 4:17 PM GMT+2 · 16326 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
29. 4.138 km WNW of Eresós, GreeceFri, Jan 15, 10:11 PM GMT+3 · 16325 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
30. 4.027 km ESE of Skýros, GreeceSun, Jan 17, 4:18 AM GMT+2 · 16324 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
31. 3.657 km WSW of Eresós, GreeceSun, Jan 17, 10:05 AM GMT+2 · 16324 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
32. 3.544 km ESE of Skýros, GreeceSun, Jan 17, 7:17 PM GMT+2 · 16323 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
33. 4.053 km SE of Sykiá, GreeceMon, Jan 18, 10:52 PM GMT+2 · 16322 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
34. 3.637 km WSW of Mýrina, GreeceTue, Jan 19, 3:10 AM GMT+2 · 16322 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
35. 3.543 km WSW of Mýrina, GreeceTue, Jan 19, 2:14 PM GMT+2 · 16321 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
36. 3.139 km SSE of Mýrina, GreeceWed, Jan 20, 4:04 AM GMT+3 · 16321 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
37. 4.342 km NE of Patitírion, GreeceWed, Jan 20, 7:04 PM GMT+2 · 16320 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
38. 3.237 km W of Psará, GreeceSat, Jan 23, 5:29 AM GMT+2 · 16318 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
39. 3.746 km WNW of Psará, GreeceFri, Jan 29, 4:42 AM GMT+2 · 16312 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
40. 3.428 km NNW of Eresós, GreeceTue, Feb 2, 3:42 AM GMT+3 · 16308 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
41. 3.540 km WNW of Eresós, GreeceTue, Feb 2, 2:36 PM GMT+3 · 16308 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
42. 3.457 km NE of Skýros, GreeceWed, Feb 3, 6:50 PM GMT+3 · 16306 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
43. 3.334 km SE of Skýros, GreeceFri, Feb 5, 2:57 PM GMT+2 · 16304 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
44. 3.959 km SSE of Mýrina, GreeceFri, Feb 5, 11:53 PM GMT+3 · 16304 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
45. 3.421 km NNE of Psará, GreeceTue, Feb 16, 8:43 PM GMT+2 · 16293 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away

Before

1. 3.246 km NE of Skýros, GreeceTue, Dec 29, 6:24 AM GMT+3 · 16343 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
2. 3.243 km E of Skýros, GreeceTue, Dec 29, 5:19 AM GMT+2 · 16343 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
3. 3.427 km SE of Skýros, GreeceMon, Dec 28, 9:44 PM GMT+2 · 16343 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
4. 3.937 km E of Skýros, GreeceMon, Dec 28, 9:36 PM GMT+2 · 16343 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
5. 3.841 km E of Skýros, GreeceMon, Dec 28, 8:18 AM GMT+2 · 16344 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
6. 3.527 km ESE of Skýros, GreeceMon, Dec 28, 5:12 AM GMT+2 · 16344 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
7. 6.529 km E of Skýros, GreeceSun, Dec 27, 7:39 PM GMT+2 · 16344 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
8. 4.145 km ENE of Skýros, GreeceSun, Dec 27, 7:36 PM GMT+2 · 16344 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
9. 3.649 km ENE of Skýros, GreeceSat, Dec 26, 6:20 PM GMT+2 · 16345 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
10. 4.549 km ENE of Skýros, GreeceSat, Dec 26, 4:29 PM GMT+2 · 16345 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
11. 3.437 km WNW of Eresós, GreeceSat, Dec 26, 12:06 PM GMT+2 · 16346 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
12. 4.133 km ENE of Skýros, GreeceWed, Dec 23, 8:35 AM GMT+2 · 16349 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
13. 3.529 km E of Skýros, GreeceWed, Dec 23, 4:36 AM GMT+2 · 16349 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
14. 3.829 km ESE of Skýros, GreeceTue, Dec 22, 11:36 PM GMT+2 · 16349 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
15. 4.236 km E of Skýros, GreeceTue, Dec 22, 8:28 AM GMT+2 · 16350 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
16. 3.447 km WNW of Eresós, GreeceTue, Dec 22, 5:34 AM GMT+3 · 16350 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
17. 3.340 km SSE of Mýrina, GreeceTue, Dec 22, 4:42 AM GMT+3 · 16350 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
18. 3.355 km W of Eresós, GreeceTue, Dec 22, 2:03 AM GMT+3 · 16350 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
19. 3.213 km NE of Skýros, GreeceMon, Dec 21, 8:40 PM GMT+2 · 16350 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
20. 3.639 km W of Eresós, GreeceMon, Dec 21, 4:23 PM GMT+2 · 16350 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001hrv. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:07 PM UTC.