M4.1 earthquake 142 km SE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 142 km SE of Karpathos, Greece on Thu, Aug 30, 2001, 9:19 AM GMT+3 (06:19 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 71 km SSE of Fry, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-08-30 06:19:04 UTC
- Depth
- 13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.546° N, 28.242° 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
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1148 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 9166 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.871 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 9139 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.989 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 9129 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000an9v. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC.