M4.2 earthquake 48 km SE of Lárdos, Greece
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 48 km SE of Lárdos, Greece on Thu, Apr 12, 2001, 2:07 AM GMT+3 (23:07 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 Dodecanese Islands, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-04-11 23:07:50 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.760° N, 28.370° 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
- 86
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.918 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9303 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.929 km SW of Kalkan, Turkey · 9293 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 9286 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.943 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 9284 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.240 km SSW of Kalkan, Turkey · 9268 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.463 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9264 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.252 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 9258 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.952 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 9258 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.737 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 9257 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ad23. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC.