M3.8 earthquake 33 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece

Magnitude

3.8 (Md, duration), minor

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Thu, Dec 21, 1989, 1:24 PM GMT+2

UTC

1989-12-21 11:24:59 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.763° N, 27.402° E

Region

Greece

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

• Rhodes, GreecePopulation 56,128. Forecast105 kmSW
• Irákleion, GreecePopulation 137,154. Forecast210 kmENE
• İzmir, TurkeyPopulation 2,938,292. Forecast296 kmS

After

1. 4.156 km ESE of Karpathos, GreeceSun, Dec 24, 4:18 PM GMT+2 · 13434 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
2. 4.439 km SW of Mandráki, GreeceTue, Dec 26, 4:30 AM GMT+2 · 13432 days ago · 144 km deep · 90 km away
3. 4.137 km SSE of Mandráki, GreeceTue, Dec 26, 3:24 PM GMT+2 · 13432 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
4. 3.550 km N of Karpathos, GreeceSun, Dec 31, 12:39 AM GMT+2 · 13428 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
5. 3.956 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSun, Dec 31, 10:04 AM GMT+2 · 13427 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
6. 3.335 km SSW of Mandráki, GreeceMon, Jan 1, 4:47 AM GMT+2 · 13426 days ago · 145 km deep · 73 km away
7. 3.655 km S of Mandráki, GreeceTue, Jan 2, 11:46 PM GMT+2 · 13425 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
8. 3.759 km S of Mandráki, GreeceMon, Jan 8, 11:25 AM GMT+2 · 13419 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
9. 4.159 km N of Karpathos, GreeceMon, Jan 8, 12:28 PM GMT+2 · 13419 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
10. 3.755 km S of Mandráki, GreeceMon, Jan 8, 10:32 PM GMT+2 · 13419 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
11. 3.553 km S of Mandráki, GreeceTue, Jan 9, 6:41 AM GMT+2 · 13418 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
12. 4.559 km S of Mandráki, GreeceWed, Jan 10, 7:38 AM GMT+2 · 13417 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away
13. 3.849 km SSE of Mandráki, GreeceWed, Jan 10, 8:37 AM GMT+2 · 13417 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
14. 3.457 km WSW of Émponas, GreeceWed, Jan 10, 11:46 AM GMT+2 · 13417 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
15. 3.847 km WSW of Émponas, GreeceWed, Jan 10, 3:04 PM GMT+2 · 13417 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
16. 3.253 km S of Mandráki, GreeceThu, Jan 11, 1:51 AM GMT+2 · 13417 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
17. 3.552 km S of Mandráki, GreeceThu, Jan 11, 3:56 AM GMT+2 · 13417 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
18. 3.554 km S of Mandráki, GreeceThu, Jan 11, 4:59 AM GMT+2 · 13416 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
19. 3.232 km NW of Émponas, GreeceThu, Jan 11, 7:32 AM GMT+2 · 13416 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
20. 4.052 km S of Mandráki, GreeceThu, Jan 11, 10:37 PM GMT+2 · 13416 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
21. 3.853 km S of Mandráki, GreeceFri, Jan 12, 10:27 AM GMT+2 · 13415 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
22. 3.850 km S of Mandráki, GreeceFri, Jan 12, 10:55 AM GMT+2 · 13415 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
23. 3.659 km WSW of Émponas, GreeceFri, Jan 12, 12:42 PM GMT+2 · 13415 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
24. 3.652 km WSW of Émponas, GreeceFri, Jan 12, 6:02 PM GMT+2 · 13415 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
25. 4.656 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 7:05 AM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
26. 3.952 km N of Karpathos, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 7:11 AM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
27. 3.855 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 9:04 AM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
28. 4.053 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 9:43 AM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
29. 3.256 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 10:16 AM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
30. 3.359 km N of Karpathos, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 10:46 AM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
31. 4.051 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 12:22 PM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
32. 4.558 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 12:26 PM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
33. 3.858 km WSW of Émponas, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 12:33 PM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
34. 3.560 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 1:37 PM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
35. 3.456 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 1:49 PM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
36. 3.858 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 1:56 PM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
37. 4.049 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 2:58 PM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
38. 4.057 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 4:03 PM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
39. 4.158 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSat, Jan 13, 10:56 PM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
40. 4.752 km WSW of Émponas, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 12:48 AM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
41. 4.553 km N of Karpathos, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 1:08 AM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
42. 3.761 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 1:51 AM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
43. 3.759 km N of Karpathos, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 2:09 AM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
44. 3.659 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 2:28 AM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
45. 4.561 km N of Karpathos, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 3:38 AM GMT+2 · 13414 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
46. 4.253 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 4:29 AM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
47. 4.155 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 4:32 AM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
48. 4.051 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 5:09 AM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
49. 3.656 km N of Karpathos, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 6:23 AM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
50. 3.851 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 7:12 AM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
51. 4.148 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 8:12 AM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
52. 3.958 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 9:27 AM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
53. 3.859 km WSW of Émponas, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 10:22 AM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
54. 3.754 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 10:44 AM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
55. 3.460 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 5:24 PM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
56. 3.858 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 7:41 PM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
57. 4.458 km S of Mandráki, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 11:25 PM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
58. 3.958 km N of Karpathos, GreeceSun, Jan 14, 11:31 PM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
59. 3.854 km S of Mandráki, GreeceMon, Jan 15, 12:29 AM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
60. 3.751 km S of Mandráki, GreeceMon, Jan 15, 3:26 AM GMT+2 · 13413 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of 94.

Before

1. 4.051 km SSE of Fry, GreeceMon, Dec 18, 1:01 AM GMT+2 · 13441 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
2. 3.919 km WNW of Karpathos, GreeceSun, Dec 17, 2:15 AM GMT+2 · 13442 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
3. 4.532 km E of Palekastro, GreeceSat, Dec 16, 11:10 PM GMT+2 · 13442 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
4. 3.743 km SSW of Mandráki, GreeceThu, Dec 14, 1:21 AM GMT+2 · 13445 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
5. 3.617 km NNE of Fry, GreeceWed, Dec 13, 2:25 AM GMT+2 · 13446 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
6. 3.541 km NNW of Karpathos, GreeceSat, Dec 9, 11:34 PM GMT+2 · 13449 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
7. 3.635 km ESE of Karpathos, GreeceMon, Nov 27, 1:20 AM GMT+2 · 13462 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00043cv. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC.