Greece earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 65 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 65 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece on Sat, Feb 7, 2004, 11:17 PM GMT+2 (21:17 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-02-07 21:17:24 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.040° N, 26.910° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
5.1Mwc, centroid momentUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
5.1Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.1
5.1Mwc, centroid momentGlobal CMT projectPreliminary

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 usp000ckns. 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Nodal plane 1
Strike 211°, dip 27°, rake -80°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 19°, dip 64°, rake -95°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
35°
Stations used
423

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.828 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8272 days ago · 51 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 3.266 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8271 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 3.320 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8271 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 3.327 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8269 days ago · 144 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.943 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8264 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8260 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 3.433 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8257 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.127 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8252 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 3.15 km W of Fry, Greece · 8244 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 3.264 km S of Astypálaia, Greece · 8242 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 3.216 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 8242 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 3.218 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 8236 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.436 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 8234 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 4.553 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8232 days ago · 119 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.725 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8230 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 3.217 km S of Fry, Greece · 8225 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 3.634 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 8223 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 3.122 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8214 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 4.244 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 8214 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 3.210 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 8275 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 3.426 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8279 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 3.337 km W of Émponas, Greece · 8285 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 3.25 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8291 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.253 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8292 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 4.053 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8292 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 3.320 km S of Fry, Greece · 8300 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 3.338 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8301 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ckns (also filed as gcmtc020704d, gcmt20040207211724, iscgem7248843). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC.