M3.1 earthquake 4 km SW of Thívai, Greece
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Thívai, Greece on Sun, Aug 9, 1981, 8:22 AM GMT+3 (05:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 8 km N of Kinéta, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-08-09 05:22:28 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.291° N, 23.286° 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.04 km NNW of Delphi, Greece · 16479 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.28 km N of Kinéta, Greece · 16474 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.34 km E of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16473 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.13 km WSW of Asopía, Greece · 16468 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.913 km WSW of Vília, Greece · 16462 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.09 km E of Vília, Greece · 16462 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.710 km NE of Perachóra, Greece · 16455 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.91 km WSW of Erythrés, Greece · 16451 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.93 km NNE of Loukísia, Greece · 16438 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.96 km SSW of Politiká, Greece · 16438 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.37 km W of Asopía, Greece · 16435 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.41 km SW of Árma, Greece · 16432 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.96 km SW of Asopía, Greece · 16432 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.54 km N of Erythrés, Greece · 16431 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.01 km WNW of Paralía Avlídhos, Greece · 16429 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.46 km W of Domvraína, Greece · 16427 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 3.45 km W of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16482 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.23 km W of Asopía, Greece · 16485 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.04 km SSW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16487 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.49 km E of Erythrés, Greece · 16494 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.412 km SSW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16495 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.96 km NE of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16496 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Perachóra, Greece · 16496 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.29 km WSW of Kaparéllion, Greece · 16501 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Argalastí, Greece · 16502 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.03 km NNW of Erythrés, Greece · 16506 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001f6b. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:50 PM UTC.