M5.7 earthquake 61 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 61 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece on Sat, Jun 23, 2001, 9:52 AM GMT+3 (06:52 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-06-23 06:52:42 UTC
- Depth
- 50.1 km (31.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.550° N, 28.157° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.67 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.7 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Nicosia, Cyprus.
From the USGS event page for usp000ah3s. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 344°, dip 85°, rake 177°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 75°, dip 87°, rake 5°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 416
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.966 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 9231 days ago · 75 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.867 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 9208 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.638 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 9199 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.935 km SE of Fry, Greece · 9195 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ah3s (also filed as gcmtb062301a, gcmt20010623065243, iscgem1893461). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:11 AM UTC.