M4.0 earthquake 100 km SE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 100 km SE of Karpathos, Greece on Tue, Jan 30, 2001, 2:03 AM GMT+2 (00:03 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 43 km SSW 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
- 2001-01-30 00:03:50 UTC
- Depth
- 62.3 km (38.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.001° N, 28.124° 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
- 52
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.019 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 9365 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.935 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9351 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.443 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9346 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.249 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9345 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.716 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 9344 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.860 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 9339 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a8ny. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.