M3.8 earthquake 69 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 69 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece on Wed, Apr 27, 1988, 7:01 AM GMT+3 (04:01 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 10 km E of Lárdos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-04-27 04:01:42 UTC
- Depth
- 87.4 km (54.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 35.376° N, 27.967° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.210 km E of Lárdos, Greece · 14011 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.996 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 14002 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.957 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 13998 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003fec. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.