M3.4 earthquake 45 km SE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 45 km SE of Karpathos, Greece on Sat, May 24, 2003, 8:23 PM GMT+3 (17:23 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 66 km SE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-05-24 17:23:16 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.246° N, 27.593° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 160°
- Stations used
- 76
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.214 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8519 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.334 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 8509 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.166 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8508 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.161 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8506 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.82 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 8477 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.413 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8477 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000by1w. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:46 AM UTC.