M4.5 earthquake 8 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece on Thu, May 6, 1982, 1:53 AM GMT+3 (22:53 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 27 km W of Filiatrá, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-05-05 22:53:19 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.610° N, 21.385° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.555 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 16216 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.516 km SW of Kalávryta, Greece · 16199 days ago · 100 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.64 km NE of Náfpaktos, Greece · 16182 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.427 km W of Filiatrá, Greece · 16170 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.137 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece · 16170 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.313 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16218 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.01 km NNW of Epitálio, Greece · 16221 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.33 km S of Pýrgos, Greece · 16222 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.36 km WNW of Karátoula, Greece · 16222 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.29 km SW of Epitálio, Greece · 16224 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.811 km E of Synoikismós Chavaríou, Greece · 16226 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.18 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16226 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.32 km SE of Pýrgos, Greece · 16227 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.818 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16227 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.83 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16227 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.73 km ESE of Kardamás, Greece · 16227 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.67 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16227 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.914 km WSW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16230 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.6Greece · 16245 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001m48. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC.