Greece earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 60 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 60 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece on Thu, May 6, 2004, 5:02 AM GMT+3 (02:02 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 22 km SE of Fry, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-05-06 02:02:15 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.040° N, 27.550° 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 usp000cu8w. 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
175°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.122 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 8176 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 3.129 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 8176 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 3.323 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8172 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.541 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 8164 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 3.542 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 8160 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 4.022 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8154 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 3.19 km SW of Fry, Greece · 8149 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 3.514 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8149 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 3.425 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8148 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 3.56 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 8147 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 4.040 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 8144 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 3.115 km N of Fry, Greece · 8141 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 3.219 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 8137 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 3.015 km NNE of Fry, Greece · 8135 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.530 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 8135 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 3.021 km ESE of Fry, Greece · 8135 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 3.110 km E of Fry, Greece · 8133 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 3.930 km SE of Fry, Greece · 8131 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 3.740 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 8131 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 3.48 km E of Fry, Greece · 8131 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 3.398 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8129 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 3.218 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 8128 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away

Before

  1. 3.255 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 8185 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.942 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 8187 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 3.741 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 8189 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 3.633 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 8204 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 3.235 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8210 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cu8w. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:36 AM UTC.