M4.4 earthquake 63 km E of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 63 km E of Karpathos, Greece on Wed, May 23, 2001, 6:11 PM GMT+3 (15:11 UTC), 33 km (21 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-05-23 15:11:27 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.458° N, 27.905° 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
- 117
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.252 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 9258 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.952 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 9258 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.737 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 9257 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.910 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 9247 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.761 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 9233 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.966 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 9231 days ago · 75 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.867 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9208 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000afd9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:16 AM UTC.