M4.0 earthquake 21 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 21 km WSW of Kéfalos, Greece on Mon, Apr 26, 2004, 7:57 PM GMT+3 (16:57 UTC), 157 km (98 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-04-26 16:57:39 UTC
- Depth
- 157.0 km (97.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 36.650° N, 26.750° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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
- 43°
- Stations used
- 118
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.712 km ENE of Skála, Greece · 8188 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.532 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 8186 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.58 km NW of Datça, Turkey · 8184 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.125 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 8179 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.131 km E of Emporeío, Greece · 8176 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.5Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 8169 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.219 km SSE of Kos, Greece · 8167 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.79 km E of Mandráki, Greece · 8165 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.425 km NE of Firá, Greece · 8164 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.845 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 8164 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.527 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8160 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.912 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 8157 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.141 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 8157 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.112 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 8155 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.628 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8154 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.334 km WNW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8154 days ago · 59 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.130 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 8154 days ago · 45 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.430 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 8153 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.130 km W of Kéfalos, Greece · 8153 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.229 km SW of Kéfalos, Greece · 8145 days ago · 153 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.825 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8136 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.022 km NE of Astypálaia, Greece · 8136 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ctg4. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.