October 18, 1483 Earthquake: Dodecanese Islands, Greece

Name: October 18, 1483 Earthquake: Dodecanese Islands, Greece
Start: 1483-10-18
Location: Dodecanese Islands, Greece

October 18, 1483

An earthquake struck Dodecanese Islands, Greece on October 18, 1483.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: October 18, 1483
Place: Dodecanese Islands, Greece
Intensity: 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 36.200° N, 27.500° E
Country: Greece

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

October 1491, Kos, Greece5,000 deaths · 90 km
August 8, 1303, Crete, GreeceM8 · 4,000 deaths · 141 km
October 12, 1856, Crete, Egypt, Greece600 deaths · 8,000 houses destroyed · 156 km
April 22, 1863, Rhodes, Kos, GreeceM7.8 · 300 deaths · 2,050 houses destroyed · 56 km
April 23, 1933, Dodecanese Islands, GreeceM6.4 · 181 deaths · 65 km
October 30, 2020, Izmir, Samos, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 118 deaths · $400 million · 199 km
July 9, 1956, Dodecanese, GreeceM7.7 · 56 deaths · 529 houses destroyed · 147 km
July 16, 1955, Samos, Soke, Aydin, Greece, TurkeyM6.6 · 23 deaths · 159 km
April 25, 1957, Fethiye (Lycia, Asia Minor), TurkeyM7.3 · 18 deaths · 3,000 houses destroyed · 110 km
August 11, 1904, Samos, Patmos, GreeceM6.1 · 4 deaths · 540 houses destroyed · 178 km
December 1, 1869, Gulf of Keramos, Mentese, TurkeyM7.5 · 3 deaths · 100 km
July 20, 2017, Kos, Bodrum, Datca, Greece, TurkeyM6.6 · 2 deaths · 81 km
June 2, 2025, Fethiye, TurkeyM5.8 · 1 death · 89 km
September 17, 1843, Chorio, Chalki (Dodecanese), GreeceM5.9 · 21 km
May 3, 1481, Rhodes, GreeceM7.1 · Deaths: few · 50 km

Significant earthquakes of 1483 The 1400s Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

Sources

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 640.