Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 58 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 58 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece on Sat, Mar 20, 2004, 6:23 PM GMT+2 (16:23 UTC), 61 km (38 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
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-03-20 16:23:43 UTC
Depth
61.0 km (37.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.045° N, 27.517° 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 usp000cqfc. 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
136°
Stations used
81

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.217 km S of Fry, Greece · 8226 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 3.634 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 8224 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.553 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8218 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 3.122 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8215 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.244 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 8215 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 3.235 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8211 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 3.633 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 8206 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 3.741 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8191 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.942 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 8188 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 3.255 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8186 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 3.660 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8184 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 3.122 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 8177 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 3.129 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8177 days ago · 58 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 3.323 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8174 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 3.15 km W of Fry, Greece · 8245 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 3.127 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8253 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cqfc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC.