M5.0 earthquake - 26 km S of Karpathos, Greece

What happened

A magnitude 5 earthquake struck 26 km S of Karpathos, Greece on 24 Jun 2026, 08:25 UTC at a depth of 10 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Rhodes, about 156 km away in South Aegean, Greece.