M3.6 earthquake 39 km N of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 39 km N of Karpathos, Greece on Thu, Mar 25, 1999, 1:09 PM GMT+2 (11:09 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 33 km E of Astypálaia, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-03-25 11:09:36 UTC
- Depth
- 47.0 km (29.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.860° N, 27.250° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.844 km W of Émponas, Greece · 10052 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.333 km E of Astypálaia, Greece · 10040 days ago · 160 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.319 km SW of Datça, Turkey · 10037 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.519 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 10027 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.812 km S of Sými, Greece · 10005 days ago · 105 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 3.550 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 10064 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.921 km N of Fry, Greece · 10064 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.08 km NNE of Mandráki, Greece · 10066 days ago · 156 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.138 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 10067 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.39 km ENE of Fry, Greece · 10080 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.864 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 10081 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.536 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 10081 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000955c. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:45 AM UTC.