Greece earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 2 km WSW of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of Karpathos, Greece on Wed, Sep 4, 2002, 10:24 AM GMT+3 (07:24 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2002-09-04 07:24:46 UTC
Depth
45.0 km (28.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.500° N, 27.190° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt on Karpathos.

From the USGS event page for usp000bb7q. 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.

How well it is located

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Stations used
164

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.831 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8793 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 3.744 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8791 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 3.640 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8782 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 3.632 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 8777 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 3.899 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8759 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 3.750 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8757 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8750 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 3.522 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8742 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 4.927 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8795 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.856 km SSE of Lárdos, Greece · 8814 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 3.917 km NNE of Palekastro, Greece · 8818 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.715 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 8821 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 3.620 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8823 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bb7q. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:32 AM UTC.