M3.6 earthquake 3 km SW of Thespiés, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 3 km SW of Thespiés, Greece on Sun, Jun 7, 1981, 1:19 AM GMT+3 (22:19 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 12 km SSW of Kaparéllion, 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
- 1981-06-06 22:19:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.7 km (6.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.282° N, 23.117° 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.81 km S of Árma, Greece · 16551 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.57 km SSE of Vília, Greece · 16545 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.4Greece · 16543 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.311 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 16543 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.03 km NW of Kinéta, Greece · 16541 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.35 km NE of Kinéta, Greece · 16541 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.06 km SSE of Vília, Greece · 16537 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.97 km SSW of Vília, Greece · 16535 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.310 km WSW of Vília, Greece · 16532 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.27 km ENE of Vília, Greece · 16528 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.15 km S of Thívai, Greece · 16526 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.26 km W of Soúrpi, Greece · 16526 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.36 km SW of Thívai, Greece · 16526 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.03 km NNW of Erythrés, Greece · 16514 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Argalastí, Greece · 16510 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.29 km WSW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16508 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Perachóra, Greece · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.96 km NE of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16503 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.412 km SSW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16502 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.49 km E of Erythrés, Greece · 16502 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.04 km SSW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16494 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.23 km W of Asopía, Greece · 16492 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 3.63 km W of Vília, Greece · 16556 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.1Greece · 16558 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.43 km SE of Antikyra, Greece · 16564 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.111 km SW of Skópelos, Greece · 16566 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.53 km WSW of Vília, Greece · 16566 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.513 km NE of Perachóra, Greece · 16574 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.55 km NE of Amfíkleia, Greece · 16574 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.85 km E of Vágia, Greece · 16576 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.812 km SW of Vília, Greece · 16577 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.42 km S of Thívai, Greece · 16579 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.31 km WNW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16579 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001e1f. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:54 AM UTC.