Greece earthquakes

M7.0 earthquake 26 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck 26 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece on Mon, Jan 17, 1983, 2:41 PM GMT+2 (12:41 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 7.0 (mw), major
Local time: Mon, Jan 17, 1983, 2:41 PM GMT+2
UTC: 1983-01-17 12:41:29 UTC
Depth: 14.3 km (8.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 38.026° N, 20.228° E
Region: Greece
Strongest shaking: VII, very strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Deaths and damage

From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 7283), matched to this event by time and place.

NOAA’s record of this earthquake gives no deaths, injuries or damage.

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Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VII, very strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 41.5% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 3.5 cm/s
Map: Automatic

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 4.0 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 124.

Before

4.651 km SSW of Lithakiá, GreeceSun, Jan 2, 8:19 AM GMT+2 · 15977 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001sa1 (also filed as gcmt19830117124129, atlas19830117124130, iscgem584920). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:21 AM UTC.