M5.1 earthquake near Rhodes, South Aegean

What happened

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 65 km ESE of Karpathos, Greece on 3 Aug 2019, 09:51 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 139 km away in South Aegean, Greece.