Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 12 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 12 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece on Tue, May 31, 2005, 11:39 AM GMT+3 (08:39 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 44 km S of Karpathos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

Rhodes forecastMore in Greece

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-05-31 08:39:53 UTC
Depth
21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.620° N, 27.180° 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 usp000dry9. 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
82°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.238 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7792 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 3.35 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7788 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 3.358 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7785 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 3.025 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 7779 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 3.337 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7776 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 3.638 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7776 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 3.563 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7776 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 3.46 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7774 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 3.334 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7774 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 3.325 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7773 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 3.0Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7773 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.836 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 7773 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 3.853 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7765 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 4.355 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7761 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 3.424 km N of Fry, Greece · 7761 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 3.641 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 3.150 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 3.355 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 4.160 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 3.351 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 3.955 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 4.744 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 3.231 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7760 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 3.841 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7760 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 3.37 km NNE of Fry, Greece · 7760 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 3.853 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7759 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 3.112 km NNE of Fry, Greece · 7759 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 3.124 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7759 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 3.1Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7759 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 4.129 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7755 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 3.423 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7755 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 3.237 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7753 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 3.632 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7749 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 3.230 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7748 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 4.220 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7745 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 3.029 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 7744 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 3.342 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 7739 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 3.260 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7737 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 3.2Crete, Greece · 7794 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 3.323 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 7795 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.351 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7798 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 3.532 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7798 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 3.128 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7800 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 3.026 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 7801 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 3.08 km W of Fry, Greece · 7801 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 2.9Crete, Greece · 7801 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 3.144 km N of Sitia, Greece · 7801 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 3.045 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7802 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 3.032 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7804 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.95 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7806 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 3.159 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7815 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 3.251 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7819 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 3.731 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 7821 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away

Earthquakes todayGreece earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dry9. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC.