M3.8 earthquake 34 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 34 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece on Sun, Apr 2, 2006, 1:15 PM GMT+3 (10:15 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 37 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
- 3.8 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-04-02 10:15:42 UTC
- Depth
- 26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.230° N, 27.390° 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 usp000edh4. 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
- 165°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.4Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7487 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.427 km NW of Fry, Greece · 7485 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.219 km WNW of Karpathos, Greece · 7485 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.325 km ENE of Palekastro, Greece · 7483 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.337 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.531 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.417 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7480 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.532 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7478 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.822 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece · 7477 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.554 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7477 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.435 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7474 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.216 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 7472 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.454 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 7452 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.832 km S of Fry, Greece · 7450 days ago · 36 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.929 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 7449 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.313 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 7448 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.133 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7447 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.334 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7447 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.547 km S of Fry, Greece · 7444 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.155 km S of Fry, Greece · 7444 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.137 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 7444 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.329 km WSW of Émponas, Greece · 7442 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 3.341 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7489 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.338 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 7489 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.934 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 7492 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.340 km ESE of Palekastro, Greece · 7501 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.230 km S of Karpathos, Greece · 7503 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.530 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 7508 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7513 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.6Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 7514 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.079 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 7514 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.671 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 7517 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000edh4. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.