M3.2 earthquake 66 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 66 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece on Sun, Feb 8, 2004, 12:31 PM GMT+2 (10:31 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 53 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-02-08 10:31:52 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.010° N, 26.810° 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 usp000ckqn. 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
- 85°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.320 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8271 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.327 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8269 days ago · 144 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.943 km N of Sitia, Greece · 8264 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8260 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.433 km NNE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8257 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.127 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8252 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.15 km W of Fry, Greece · 8244 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.264 km S of Astypálaia, Greece · 8242 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.216 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 8242 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.218 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 8236 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.436 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 8234 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.553 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8232 days ago · 119 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.725 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8230 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.217 km S of Fry, Greece · 8225 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.634 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 8223 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.122 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8214 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.244 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 8214 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 3.828 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8272 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.165 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8272 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.210 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 8275 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.426 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8279 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.337 km W of Émponas, Greece · 8285 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8291 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.253 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8292 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.053 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8292 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.320 km S of Fry, Greece · 8300 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.338 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 8301 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ckqn. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC.