M3.5 earthquake 44 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 44 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece on Mon, Dec 16, 2002, 7:25 PM GMT+2 (17:25 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 38 km S of Mandráki, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-16 17:25:30 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.880° N, 27.400° 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.437 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8688 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.960 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8686 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.7Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8686 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8685 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.173 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 8679 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.947 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 8677 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.735 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8669 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.748 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8653 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.334 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8646 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.438 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8644 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.240 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8644 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.544 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8644 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.030 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8633 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.720 km W of Fry, Greece · 8633 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.711 km W of Fry, Greece · 8633 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.819 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8633 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bku1. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC.