M6.5 earthquake 32 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck 32 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece on Sat, Aug 7, 1915, 4:39 PM GMT+1:34:52 (15:04 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.5 (Mw, moment), strong
- Magnitude from
- ISC-GEM global catalog
- Local time
- UTC
- 1915-08-07 15:04:09 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.486° N, 20.362° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 6579), matched to this event by time and place.
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
- Houses damaged
- Some (about 51 to 100)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.914 km NW of Sámi, Greece · 40595 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 6.334 km NW of Itháki, Greece · 40595 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 6.037 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece · 40594 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.721 km NNW of Itháki, Greece · 40594 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 6.014 km NW of Lefkáda, Greece · 40586 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem913928. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.