Greece earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 44 km NE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 44 km NE of Karpathos, Greece on Mon, Apr 5, 2004, 8:13 PM GMT+3 (17:13 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 45 km N of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-04-05 17:13:09 UTC
Depth
23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.810° N, 27.540° 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 usp000crsh. 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
97°
Stations used
83

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.235 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8210 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 3.633 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 8205 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 3.741 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8190 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.942 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 8187 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 3.532 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 8186 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 3.660 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8183 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 3.122 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 8176 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 3.129 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8176 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 3.333 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 8173 days ago · 61 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 3.323 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8172 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 3.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8169 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 4.110 km SE of Afántou, Greece · 8169 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.79 km E of Mandráki, Greece · 8166 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 4.845 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8164 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 3.527 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8161 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 3.542 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8160 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 3.912 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8158 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 3.141 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8157 days ago · 52 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 3.112 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8155 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 4.022 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8154 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 3.122 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8214 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 3.553 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8217 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 3.634 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 8223 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 3.217 km S of Fry, Greece · 8225 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.058 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8230 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.725 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8230 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 3.264 km S of Astypálaia, Greece · 8242 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000crsh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:32 AM UTC.