M4.1 earthquake 79 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 79 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece on Fri, Dec 9, 2005, 1:45 PM GMT+2 (11:45 UTC), 75 km (47 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-12-09 11:45:38 UTC
- Depth
- 75.0 km (46.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 35.370° N, 28.070° 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 usp000e5uq. 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
- 163°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.829 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7601 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.625 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7599 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.756 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7582 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.524 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.513 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.318 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.130 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.13 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7581 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.548 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7577 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.418 km SSW of Émponas, Greece · 7575 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.638 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7571 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.61 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7569 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7562 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.150 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.2Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.315 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.426 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7547 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.015 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7546 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.021 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7544 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.259 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 7542 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.211 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7542 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.377 km S of Lárdos, Greece · 7601 days ago · 81 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.48 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7602 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.615 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7612 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.547 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7612 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.025 km SE of Fry, Greece · 7620 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.422 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7630 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.77 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7631 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.111 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 7631 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e5uq. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:03 PM UTC.