M3.8 earthquake 46 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 46 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece on Thu, Jan 28, 1999, 10:20 PM GMT+2 (20:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 9 km ENE of Fry, 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 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-01-28 20:20:18 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.900° N, 27.400° 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.
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.217 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 10107 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.929 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 10101 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.536 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 10082 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.864 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 10082 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.39 km ENE of Fry, Greece · 10081 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.138 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 10069 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.08 km NNE of Mandráki, Greece · 10068 days ago · 156 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.921 km N of Fry, Greece · 10065 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.639 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 10055 days ago · 47 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.844 km W of Émponas, Greece · 10053 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00091v8. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.