M3.6 earthquake 16 km SE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Karpathos, Greece on Sat, Dec 21, 2002, 6:45 AM GMT+2 (04:45 UTC), 38 km (24 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
- 3.6 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-21 04:45:12 UTC
- Depth
- 38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.420° 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.351 km S of Fry, Greece · 8684 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.228 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8682 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.947 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 8677 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.735 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8669 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.410 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8662 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.748 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8653 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.334 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8647 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.438 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8644 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.240 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8644 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.544 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8644 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.030 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8633 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.720 km W of Fry, Greece · 8633 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.711 km W of Fry, Greece · 8633 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.819 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8633 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 3.7Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8686 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.960 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8686 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.437 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8688 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.544 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8689 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.214 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8700 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.617 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 8710 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bm2y. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC.