M3.7 earthquake 33 km SE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 33 km SE of Karpathos, Greece on Wed, Dec 26, 2001, 2:54 AM GMT+2 (00:54 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 49 km NW 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
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-12-26 00:54:41 UTC
- Depth
- 42.7 km (26.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.255° N, 27.422° 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
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.642 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9046 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.776 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 9042 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.642 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 9023 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 6.249 km NW of Fry, Greece · 9019 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.845 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 9017 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.727 km N of Fry, Greece · 8991 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 3.950 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 9051 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.544 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 9051 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.742 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 9053 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.735 km W of Fry, Greece · 9053 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.743 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 9053 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.817 km W of Fry, Greece · 9054 days ago · 91 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.720 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 9060 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.831 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 9069 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000av9t. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.