A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Greek island of Karpathos on Thursday, 2 July 2026, at 14:06 local time, according to the Geodynamic Institute’s automated solution. The epicenter was located 4 kilometers northwest of Karpathos town, and the quake originated at a depth of 10 kilometers.
No damage has been reported so far.
This follows another seismic event in the same area on 24 June, when a 5.0-magnitude quake hit 7 kilometers south of Karpathos at a depth of 15 kilometers. Karpathos is a mountainous island in the southeastern Aegean Sea, part of Greece’s Dodecanese island group.