M4.7 earthquake 40 km E of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 40 km E of Karpathos, Greece on Mon, Nov 12, 1973, 2:07 AM GMT+2 (00:07 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 43 km E of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-11-12 00:07:13 UTC
- Depth
- 69.0 km (42.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.490° N, 27.663° 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.
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.143 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 19307 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.125 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 19307 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.443 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 19305 days ago · 55 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.736 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 19300 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.355 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 19283 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.763 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 19280 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.375 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 19265 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.264 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 19252 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000044g (also filed as iscgem754354). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.