M3.7 earthquake 60 km E of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 60 km E of Karpathos, Greece on Mon, Oct 24, 2005, 1:30 AM GMT+3 (22:30 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 29 km S 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
- 3.7 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-10-23 22:30:01 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.430° N, 27.870° 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 usp000e2p6. 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
- 239°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.437 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7639 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.961 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7639 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.112 km WSW of Fry, Greece · 7638 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.1Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7631 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.111 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7631 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.77 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7630 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.422 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7630 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.025 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7620 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.547 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7612 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.615 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7612 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.48 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7602 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.377 km S of Lárdos, Greece · 7601 days ago · 81 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.179 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7601 days ago · 75 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.829 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7601 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.625 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7599 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.353 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7591 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.239 km N of Fry, Greece · 7588 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 3.721 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 7652 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.229 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7657 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.330 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7660 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.924 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7660 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.317 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7662 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.655 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7665 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.59 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7666 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.424 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7671 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.226 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7673 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.117 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7674 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.224 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7676 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e2p6. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC.