Greece earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 44 km S of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 44 km S of Karpathos, Greece on Mon, Jul 4, 2005, 1:39 AM GMT+3 (22:39 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 40 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (Mwc, centroid moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-07-03 22:39:22 UTC
Depth
21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.110° N, 27.260° E
Region
Greece
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
4.7Mwc, centroid momentUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
4.7Mwc, centroid momentGlobal CMT projectPreliminary

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 usp000duf4. 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1
Strike 62°, dip 58°, rake -26°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 166°, dip 69°, rake -145°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
43°
Stations used
380

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.231 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7760 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 3.841 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7760 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 3.37 km NNE of Fry, Greece · 7760 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.853 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 3.112 km NNE of Fry, Greece · 7759 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 3.124 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7759 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 3.858 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7755 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.129 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7755 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 3.423 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7755 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 3.237 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7753 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 3.632 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7749 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 3.987 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7747 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 4.220 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7746 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 3.733 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7746 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 3.751 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7745 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 3.342 km SW of Lárdos, Greece · 7739 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 3.02 km W of Palekastro, Greece · 7733 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 4.043 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7732 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 3.313 km NNW of Palekastro, Greece · 7730 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 5.040 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7728 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 3.854 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7728 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 3.540 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7726 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 4.152 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7724 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 3.144 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7724 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 4.285 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7715 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 4.258 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7714 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 3.014 km W of Fry, Greece · 7713 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 3.412 km NE of Fry, Greece · 7711 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 3.436 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 7711 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 3.133 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 7708 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 3.025 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7706 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 3.329 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7706 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 3.955 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 3.351 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.355 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 3.150 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 3.641 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7760 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 3.424 km N of Fry, Greece · 7761 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.355 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7761 days ago · 57 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 3.853 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7765 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 3.334 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7774 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 3.46 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7775 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 3.638 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7776 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 3.337 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7776 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 3.4Crete, Greece · 7781 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 3.35 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7788 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000duf4 (also filed as gcmtc200507032239a, gcmt20050703223922). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC.