M3.5 earthquake 24 km S of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 24 km S of Karpathos, Greece on Sun, Sep 10, 2000, 12:46 PM GMT+3 (09:46 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 50 km SSE 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
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-09-10 09:46:26 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.290° N, 27.260° 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.
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.145 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 9510 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.914 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 9495 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.742 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 9488 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.535 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 9486 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.650 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 9486 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.936 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 9485 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.825 km SE of Fry, Greece · 9480 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.743 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9477 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a003. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC.