Greece earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 51 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 51 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece on Thu, Jan 29, 2004, 3:12 PM GMT+2 (13:12 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 58 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-01-29 13:12:18 UTC
Depth
9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.370° N, 27.760° 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 usp000cjy8. 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
245°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.210 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 8275 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 3.320 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8270 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.127 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8252 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 3.15 km W of Fry, Greece · 8244 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.725 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8230 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.058 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8230 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 3.217 km S of Fry, Greece · 8225 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 3.634 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 8223 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 3.337 km W of Émponas, Greece · 8285 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.25 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8291 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 3.253 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8291 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.053 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8291 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 3.320 km S of Fry, Greece · 8300 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.018 km W of Émponas, Greece · 8304 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.221 km SSW of Émponas, Greece · 8307 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cjy8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:31 AM UTC.