M3.5 earthquake 19 km N of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 19 km N of Karpathos, Greece on Tue, Apr 20, 1999, 11:12 PM GMT+3 (20:12 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 47 km S of Mandráki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-04-20 20:12:41 UTC
- Depth
- 36.0 km (22.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.680° N, 27.240° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.610 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9994 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.837 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9993 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.518 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 9988 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.841 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9983 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.648 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 9982 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.728 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 9981 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.247 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 9975 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00096mq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:42 AM UTC.