M3.8 earthquake 60 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 60 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece on Sat, Mar 10, 2001, 7:22 AM GMT+2 (05:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 Dodecanese Islands, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-03-10 05:22:00 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.291° N, 27.830° 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
- 24
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.941 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9318 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.981 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9316 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.064 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 9314 days ago · 75 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.248 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9306 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.918 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9303 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.722 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9297 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 9287 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.943 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 9285 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 3.716 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 9344 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.249 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9346 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.443 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9347 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.935 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9351 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.020 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9366 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.019 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 9366 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.728 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 9367 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ab69. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:24 PM UTC.