M4.6 earthquake Greece
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in Greece on Thu, Apr 8, 1982, 7:45 AM GMT+3 (04:45 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 3 km ESE of Kardamás, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-04-08 04:45:31 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.012° N, 20.745° 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 1.6 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.160 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece · 16236 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.325 km SW of Lefkáda, Greece · 16232 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.914 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16224 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.67 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16222 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.73 km ESE of Kardamás, Greece · 16221 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.83 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16221 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.818 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16221 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.32 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 16221 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.18 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16221 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.811 km E of Synoikismós Chavaríou, Greece · 16220 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.29 km SW of Epitálio, Greece · 16219 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.36 km WNW of Karátoula, Greece · 16217 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.33 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 16217 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.01 km NNW of Epitálio, Greece · 16216 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.313 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16213 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.58 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16212 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.555 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 16211 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001kkd. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:53 PM UTC.