M3.7 earthquake 48 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 48 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece on Mon, Sep 29, 2003, 11:48 AM GMT+3 (08:48 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 49 km NNW of Fry, 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, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-09-29 08:48:06 UTC
- Depth
- 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.360° N, 27.720° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000c91k. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 205°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.346 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8401 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.318 km W of Fry, Greece · 8399 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.612 km ESE of Lárdos, Greece · 8381 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.227 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 8376 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.144 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8375 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.6136 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8362 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.741 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8356 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.16 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8354 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.949 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 8344 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 3.617 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8405 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.026 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 8414 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.325 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8424 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.734 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 8430 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.535 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 8430 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c91k. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:28 AM UTC.