Greece earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 49 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 49 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece on Sat, Mar 3, 2001, 9:31 AM GMT+2 (07:31 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 Dodecanese Islands, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2001-03-03 07:31:47 UTC
Depth
39.9 km (24.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.696° N, 27.773° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
97

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.716 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 9344 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 3.823 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 9342 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.78 km WNW of Kremastí, Greece · 9342 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.860 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 9338 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 3.754 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 9328 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.941 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9317 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 3.981 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9315 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 4.064 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 9314 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 4.452 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 9312 days ago · 152 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.248 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9306 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 3.918 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9303 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 3.722 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9297 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 5.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 9286 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 4.443 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9346 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 3.935 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9351 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.020 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9365 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 4.019 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 9365 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 3.728 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 9366 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aatv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:04 PM UTC.