M4.1 earthquake 29 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 29 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece on Thu, May 16, 2002, 2:19 PM GMT+3 (11:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 56 km N 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
- 4.1 (Md, duration), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-05-16 11:19:44 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.650° N, 27.490° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.556 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8893 days ago · 108 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.824 km E of Palekastro, Greece · 8860 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.636 km W of Émponas, Greece · 8860 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.647 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8853 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.832 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 8850 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
Before
- 3.937 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8907 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.613 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 8908 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.926 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8908 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.343 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 8910 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.945 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8925 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b4dy. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC.