M3.6 earthquake 40 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 40 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece on Sun, Sep 15, 2002, 9:56 PM GMT+3 (18:56 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 8 km NW of Émponas, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-15 18:56:48 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.850° N, 27.360° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.535 km SE of Mandráki, Greece · 8777 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.632 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 8777 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.38 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 8765 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.750 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8757 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8750 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.29 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8744 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 3.66 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 8790 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.744 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8791 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.831 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8793 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.42 km WSW of Karpathos, Greece · 8793 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.85 km E of Sými, Greece · 8797 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.19 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8799 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.411 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8799 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bcaj. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC.