M4.3 earthquake 6 km SW of Thívai, Greece
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Thívai, Greece on Thu, Jul 2, 1981, 3:35 PM GMT+3 (12:35 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-07-02 12:35:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.281° N, 23.273° 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.03 km NNW of Erythrés, Greece · 16507 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Argalastí, Greece · 16503 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.29 km WSW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16501 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Perachóra, Greece · 16496 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.96 km NE of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16496 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.412 km SSW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16495 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.49 km E of Erythrés, Greece · 16495 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.04 km SSW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16487 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.23 km W of Asopía, Greece · 16485 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.45 km W of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16482 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.14 km SW of Thívai, Greece · 16481 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.04 km NNW of Delphi, Greece · 16479 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.28 km N of Kinéta, Greece · 16474 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.34 km E of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16473 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.13 km WSW of Asopía, Greece · 16468 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.913 km WSW of Vília, Greece · 16463 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.09 km E of Vília, Greece · 16462 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 3.26 km W of Soúrpi, Greece · 16519 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.15 km S of Thívai, Greece · 16519 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.27 km ENE of Vília, Greece · 16521 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.310 km WSW of Vília, Greece · 16525 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.97 km SSW of Vília, Greece · 16528 days ago · 31 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.06 km SSE of Vília, Greece · 16530 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.35 km NE of Kinéta, Greece · 16533 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.03 km NW of Kinéta, Greece · 16534 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.311 km ENE of Istiaía, Greece · 16535 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.4Greece · 16535 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.57 km SSE of Vília, Greece · 16538 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.81 km S of Árma, Greece · 16543 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.63 km SW of Thespiés, Greece · 16544 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001efw. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC.