Greece earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 29 km S of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 29 km S of Karpathos, Greece on Fri, Dec 9, 2005, 4:33 PM GMT+2 (14:33 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.8 (Mwc, centroid moment), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Fri, Dec 9, 2005, 4:33 PM GMT+2
UTC: 2005-12-09 14:33:20 UTC
Depth: 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 35.240° N, 27.180° 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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.8	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
4.8	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

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 usp000e5v2. 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 216°, dip 39°, rake -27°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 328°, dip 74°, rake -125°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap: 42°
Stations used: 277

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e5v2 (also filed as gcmtc200512091433a, gcmt20051209143320). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC.