M4.4 earthquake 43 km E of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 43 km E of Karpathos, Greece on Wed, Nov 14, 1973, 11:33 AM GMT+2 (09:33 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 36 km ESE 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-11-14 09:33:58 UTC
- Depth
- 55.0 km (34.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.438° N, 27.682° 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
- 42
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.736 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 19308 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.355 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 19291 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.763 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 19289 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.375 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 19273 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.264 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 19260 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000045g (also filed as iscgem754428). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:38 PM UTC.