Greece earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 42 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 42 km SSE of Karpathos, Greece on Fri, Nov 7, 2008, 12:47 AM GMT+2 (22:47 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 24 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-11-06 22:47:58 UTC
Depth
22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.140° N, 27.350° 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 usp000gn3u. 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
105°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9Dodecanese Islands, Greece · 6535 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 3.588 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece · 6532 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 3.444 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6511 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.424 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6502 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 3.442 km WNW of Fry, Greece · 6500 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 3.532 km S of Lárdos, Greece · 6488 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.367 km SE of Karpathos, Greece · 6481 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 4.032 km SSE of Fry, Greece · 6540 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.042 km S of Lárdos, Greece · 6543 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 3.649 km S of Palekastro, Greece · 6546 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 3.337 km NW of Fry, Greece · 6554 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 3.716 km SE of Palekastro, Greece · 6554 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.323 km SSW of Lárdos, Greece · 6566 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gn3u. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC.