Greece earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 17 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 17 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece on Thu, Feb 7, 2008, 4:40 PM GMT+2 (14:40 UTC), 10 km (6 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 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-02-07 14:40:26 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.660° N, 27.270° 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 usp000fyct. 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.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
88°
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: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.447 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 6810 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 3.131 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 6810 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 3.349 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6810 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 3.113 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 6810 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 3.234 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6807 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 3.442 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6805 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 3.726 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6805 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 3.28 km N of Fry, Greece · 6802 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 3.036 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6796 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 3.111 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 6795 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 3.264 km S of Astypálaia, Greece · 6792 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 4.840 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6785 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 4.836 km W of Émponas, Greece · 6785 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 3.421 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6782 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 3.439 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6781 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 3.116 km NW of Émponas, Greece · 6778 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.956 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6778 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 3.346 km E of Karpathos, Greece · 6778 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 3.312 km N of Palekastro, Greece · 6776 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 3.631 km SSE of Astypálaia, Greece · 6776 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 3.249 km WSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6775 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 4.244 km SSE of Mandráki, Greece · 6772 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 3.435 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6769 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 2.8Crete, Greece · 6766 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 3.235 km NNE of Sitia, Greece · 6766 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 2.924 km W of Fry, Greece · 6763 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 3.013 km W of Fry, Greece · 6760 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 3.224 km W of Fry, Greece · 6760 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 3.033 km NE of Karpathos, Greece · 6760 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 3.611 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6760 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 3.015 km SW of Mandráki, Greece · 6757 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 3.242 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6757 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 3.014 km NNW of Fry, Greece · 6757 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  34. 3.158 km N of Karpathos, Greece · 6757 days ago · 54 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 3.413 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6754 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away

Before

  1. 3.338 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6813 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 3.341 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece · 6813 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 3.345 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6814 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 3.29 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6816 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.410 km SSW of Mandráki, Greece · 6819 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 3.464 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6819 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 3.653 km S of Mandráki, Greece · 6822 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 3.3Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6826 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 3.432 km NNE of Karpathos, Greece · 6830 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 4.149 km SW of Émponas, Greece · 6833 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 3.510 km NW of Karpathos, Greece · 6833 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 4.130 km NE of Palekastro, Greece · 6835 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 4.163 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece · 6836 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 3.137 km SSW of Fry, Greece · 6841 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 3.215 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6842 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fyct. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:43 AM UTC.