M3.7 earthquake 54 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 54 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece on Tue, Mar 20, 2001, 10:51 PM GMT+2 (20:51 UTC), 28 km (17 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
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-03-20 20:51:14 UTC
- Depth
- 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.930° N, 26.910° 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
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.660 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9319 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.941 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9318 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.729 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 9313 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.452 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 9312 days ago · 152 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.628 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 9309 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.918 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9303 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.722 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9297 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.69 km ENE of Astypálaia, Greece · 9293 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 9287 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.943 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 9285 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 4.046 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9329 days ago · 111 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.452 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 9340 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.823 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 9342 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.716 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 9344 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.249 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9346 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.443 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9346 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000absk. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:04 PM UTC.