Greece earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 25 km WSW of Émponas, Greece

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 25 km WSW of Émponas, Greece on Sat, Mar 20, 2004, 5:23 AM GMT+2 (03:23 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 44 km NE of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-03-20 03:23:24 UTC
Depth
57.0 km (35.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.140° N, 27.590° 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 usp000cqe5. 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
131°
Stations used
5

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.015 km SW of ?çmeler, Turkey · 8228 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 3.634 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 8223 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 3.122 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8214 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 4.244 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 8214 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 3.235 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8210 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 3.145 km ESE of Faliraki, Greece · 8209 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 3.633 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 8205 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 4.021 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8193 days ago · 157 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 3.532 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 8187 days ago · 82 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 3.58 km NW of Datça, Turkey · 8185 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 3.129 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8177 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 3.333 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 8173 days ago · 61 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 3.323 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8173 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 3.127 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8252 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 3.65 km ENE of Archángelos, Greece · 8254 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 3.1Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8260 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cqe5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC.