M4.0 earthquake 60 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 60 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece on Wed, Oct 29, 2003, 7:13 PM GMT+2 (17:13 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 15 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-10-29 17:13:49 UTC
- Depth
- 31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.000° N, 26.920° 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 usp000cbjm. 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
- 79°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.741 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 8356 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.16 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8354 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.515 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8353 days ago · 146 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.320 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 8353 days ago · 163 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.949 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 8344 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.910 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8340 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.534 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8340 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.339 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8334 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.920 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 8323 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.922 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8323 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.238 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8322 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.333 km W of Fry, Greece · 8321 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.122 km WSW of Sými, Greece · 8320 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.036 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8320 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.253 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8315 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 3.144 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8375 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.227 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 8376 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.859 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8377 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.356 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8379 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.054 km NNE of Eloúnda, Greece · 8383 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.29 km WSW of Mandráki, Greece · 8384 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.337 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8385 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.310 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8387 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.48 km SW of Kardámaina, Greece · 8387 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.131 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 8387 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.329 km E of Astypálaia, Greece · 8392 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.445 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8394 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.149 km ESE of Emporeío, Greece · 8395 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.944 km NW of Fry, Greece · 8397 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.318 km W of Fry, Greece · 8399 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.346 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8401 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.830 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8402 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cbjm. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:33 AM UTC.