M5.2 earthquake 52 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 52 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece on Tue, May 29, 2001, 7:43 AM GMT+3 (04:43 UTC), 21 km (13 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
- 5.2 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-05-29 04:43:57 UTC
- Depth
- 20.7 km (12.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.407° N, 27.779° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.13 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.1 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt on Rhodes.
From the USGS event page for usp000afqc. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 42°, dip 66°, rake 13°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 307°, dip 78°, rake 155°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 327
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.952 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 9258 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.737 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 9257 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.910 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 9247 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.761 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 9233 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.966 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 9231 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.867 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9208 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.638 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 9199 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000afqc (also filed as gcmtb052901b, gcmt20010529044357, iscgem1858457). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:00 AM UTC.