M4.0 earthquake 45 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 45 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece on Sun, Aug 27, 2000, 12:00 PM GMT+3 (09:00 UTC), 33 km (21 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
- 2000-08-27 09:00:04 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.724° N, 28.228° 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
- 34
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.230 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 9531 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.524 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9520 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.914 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 9496 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.742 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 9489 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.936 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 9487 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.145 km ESE of Faliraki, Greece · 9482 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.837 km ESE of Ródos, Greece · 9482 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009z84. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC.