M3.7 earthquake 43 km S of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 43 km S of Karpathos, Greece on Sun, Oct 22, 2000, 1:11 PM GMT+3 (10:11 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 25 km N of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-10-22 10:11:29 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.120° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 6
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.025 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 9456 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.0Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 9446 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.042 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9439 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.974 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 9439 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 9436 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 3.825 km SE of Fry, Greece · 9480 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.936 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 9485 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.650 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 9486 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.535 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 9486 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.914 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 9495 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a27c. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC.