M4.0 earthquake 63 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 63 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece on Sat, Jan 5, 1991, 7:56 PM GMT+2 (17:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (Md, duration), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-01-05 17:56:43 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.346° N, 27.879° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.622 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 13048 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.030 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 13034 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.457 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 13034 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.356 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 13034 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.09 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 13030 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.910 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 13030 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.220 km S of Fry, Greece · 13023 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.928 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 13014 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.82 km W of Karpathos, Greece · 13011 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.911 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 12997 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004k8r. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:21 AM UTC.