M3.7 earthquake 35 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 35 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece on Mon, Jan 6, 2003, 12:33 PM GMT+2 (10:33 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 42 km SE of Lárdos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-01-06 10:33:52 UTC
- Depth
- 21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.360° N, 27.560° 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
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.334 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8646 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.030 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8633 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 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 · 70 km away
- 3.819 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8633 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.342 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 8620 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.521 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8609 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 3.947 km SE of Lárdos, Greece · 8677 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.228 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8682 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.351 km S of Fry, Greece · 8684 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8685 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.7Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8686 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.960 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8686 days ago · 52 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.437 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8688 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.544 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8689 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bn56. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC.