M4.0 earthquake 66 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 66 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece on Sun, Jul 9, 2000, 4:06 AM GMT+3 (01:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 30 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-07-09 01:06:39 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.216° N, 27.856° 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
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.931 km ESE of Lárdos, Greece · 9579 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.041 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 9557 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.042 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9555 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.957 km S of Lárdos, Greece · 9539 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.045 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 9534 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.230 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 9531 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009w2x. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:44 PM UTC.