Greece earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 16 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 16 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece on Sun, Mar 4, 2001, 3:15 PM GMT+2 (13:15 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 Dodecanese Islands, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2001-03-04 13:15:10 UTC
Depth
14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.370° N, 27.140° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
5

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.452 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 9339 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 3.860 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 9338 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.823 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 9338 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 3.79 km S of Sitia, Greece · 9337 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.816 km S of Sitia, Greece · 9329 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.046 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9328 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 3.754 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 9327 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 3.823 km SSW of Palekastro, Greece · 9325 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 3.660 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9318 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 3.941 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9317 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 3.6Crete, Greece · 9314 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 4.064 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 9313 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 3.729 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 9313 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 4.452 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 9311 days ago · 152 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 3.628 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 9308 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 3.930 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 9306 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 3.918 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9302 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 3.722 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9296 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 5.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 9286 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 3.943 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 9284 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 4.249 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9345 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.443 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9346 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 3.612 km NNW of Sitia, Greece · 9347 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.019 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 9365 days ago · 49 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 3.728 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 9366 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aawn. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC.