M4.0 earthquake 7 km ESE of Várda, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Várda, Greece on Sun, Feb 7, 1982, 10:48 PM GMT+2 (20:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-02-07 20:48:29 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.995° N, 21.443° 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: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.116 km SW of Pýrgos, Greece · 16252 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.6Greece · 16246 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.16 km NNW of Káto Acha?a, Greece · 16305 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.26 km NW of Sylivainiótika, Greece · 16312 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.511 km ENE of Náfpaktos, Greece · 16334 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.311 km N of Kamárai, Greece · 16334 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001jhb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:32 PM UTC.