Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 10 km NW of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Karpathos, Greece on Thu, Jan 17, 2008, 8:29 PM GMT+2 (18:29 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 40 km W of Émponas, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-01-17 18:29:55 UTC
Depth
26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.580° N, 27.140° 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 usp000fwwv. 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
159°
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.149 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6833 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 3.716 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6831 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 3.432 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6830 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6826 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 3.653 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6822 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 3.464 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6819 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 3.215 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 6817 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 3.345 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6814 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 3.341 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6813 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 3.338 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6813 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 3.517 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6812 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 3.447 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 6810 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 3.131 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 6810 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 3.349 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6810 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 3.113 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 6810 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 3.234 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6807 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 3.240 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 6805 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 3.442 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6805 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 3.726 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6805 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 3.477 km S of Fry, Greece · 6802 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 3.28 km N of Fry, Greece · 6802 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 3.036 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6796 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 3.111 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 6795 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 3.264 km S of Astypálaia, Greece · 6792 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 4.26 km W of Palekastro, Greece · 6790 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 4.840 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6785 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 4.836 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6785 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 3.421 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6782 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 3.439 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6781 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 3.116 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 6778 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.956 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6778 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 3.346 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 6778 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 3.312 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6776 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 3.631 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6776 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 3.249 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6775 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 4.130 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 6835 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.163 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6836 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 3.137 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 6841 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 3.215 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6842 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.927 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6843 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.162 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6844 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 3.757 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6844 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 3.347 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6851 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 3.637 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6851 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 3.426 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 6854 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 3.131 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6857 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 3.123 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6858 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 3.123 km SE of Fry, Greece · 6858 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 3.29 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece · 6860 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fwwv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:20 AM UTC.