M3.9 earthquake 43 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 43 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece on Thu, May 3, 2001, 8:08 AM GMT+3 (05:08 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 61 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
- 3.9 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-05-03 05:08:56 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.870° N, 27.390° 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
- 6
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
- 3.941 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 9266 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.463 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9263 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.252 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 9258 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.952 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 9257 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.737 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 9257 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.910 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 9247 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.853 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 9243 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.761 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 9233 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.966 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 9231 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.933 km SW of Fry, Greece · 9229 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 5.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 9286 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.722 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9296 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.918 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9302 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.248 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9305 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.452 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 9311 days ago · 152 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.064 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 9313 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aebs. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:03 AM UTC.