M3.6 earthquake 33 km NE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 33 km NE of Karpathos, Greece on Wed, Apr 14, 2004, 8:24 PM GMT+3 (17:24 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.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-04-14 17:24:48 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.740° N, 27.450° 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 usp000csg8. 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
- 168°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.741 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8189 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.942 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 8187 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.532 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 8186 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.660 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8183 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.122 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 8176 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.129 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8176 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.333 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 8173 days ago · 61 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.323 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8172 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8169 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.110 km SE of Afántou, Greece · 8169 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.79 km E of Mandráki, Greece · 8166 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.541 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8165 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.845 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8164 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.527 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8161 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.542 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8160 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.912 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8157 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.141 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8157 days ago · 52 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.112 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8155 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.022 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8154 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.19 km SW of Fry, Greece · 8149 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.514 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8149 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.425 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8149 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.56 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 8147 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 3.235 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8210 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.244 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 8214 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.122 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8214 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.553 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8217 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.634 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 8223 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.217 km S of Fry, Greece · 8225 days ago · 48 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.058 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8230 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.725 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 8230 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.553 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8232 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000csg8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:24 AM UTC.