M3.9 earthquake 81 km SE of Lárdos, Greece
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 81 km SE of Lárdos, Greece on Mon, Apr 2, 2001, 2:36 PM GMT+3 (11:36 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 52 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-04-02 11:36:13 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.536° N, 28.596° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.064 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 9316 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.532 km E of Ródos, Greece · 9310 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.248 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 9308 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.929 km SW of Kalkan, Turkey · 9295 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.240 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 9270 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.463 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9266 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.252 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 9260 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.952 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 9260 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.737 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 9259 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000acef. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:57 AM UTC.