Greece earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 41 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 41 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece on Sat, Mar 31, 2001, 9:50 AM GMT+3 (06:50 UTC), 33 km (21 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
3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2001-03-31 06:50:04 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.756° N, 27.815° 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.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.981 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9315 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.064 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 9314 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.452 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 9311 days ago · 152 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.248 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9306 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 3.918 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9302 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 3.722 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 9297 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 5.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 9286 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 3.943 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 9284 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 4.463 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9264 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 5.252 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 9258 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 3.952 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 9258 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away

Before

  1. 3.754 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 9328 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 3.860 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 9338 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 3.78 km WNW of Kremastí, Greece · 9341 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 3.823 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 9341 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 3.716 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 9344 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 4.249 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9345 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 4.443 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 9346 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ac9x. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:07 PM UTC.