November 1, 1490 Earthquake: Dodecanese Islands, Greece

Name: November 1, 1490 Earthquake: Dodecanese Islands, Greece
Start: 1490-11-01
Location: Dodecanese Islands, Greece

November 1, 1490

An earthquake struck Dodecanese Islands, Greece on November 1, 1490.

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: November 1, 1490
Place: Dodecanese Islands, Greece
Intensity: 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 36.500° N, 27.000° 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 · 44 km
August 8, 1303, Crete, GreeceM8 · 4,000 deaths · 167 km
October 12, 1856, Crete, Egypt, Greece600 deaths · 8,000 houses destroyed · 143 km
April 22, 1863, Rhodes, Kos, GreeceM7.8 · 300 deaths · 2,050 houses destroyed · 89 km
April 23, 1933, Dodecanese Islands, GreeceM6.4 · 181 deaths · 39 km
March 31, 1928, Tepekoy, Torbali, TurkeyM6.5 · 170 deaths · 2,600 houses destroyed · 181 km
October 30, 2020, Izmir, Samos, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 118 deaths · $400 million · 157 km
July 9, 1956, Dodecanese, GreeceM7.7 · 56 deaths · 529 houses destroyed · 95 km
July 16, 1955, Samos, Soke, Aydin, Greece, TurkeyM6.6 · 23 deaths · 127 km
April 25, 1957, Fethiye (Lycia, Asia Minor), TurkeyM7.3 · 18 deaths · 3,000 houses destroyed · 152 km
August 11, 1904, Samos, Patmos, GreeceM6.1 · 4 deaths · 540 houses destroyed · 139 km
December 1, 1869, Gulf of Keramos, Mentese, TurkeyM7.5 · 3 deaths · 105 km
July 20, 2017, Kos, Bodrum, Datca, Greece, TurkeyM6.6 · 2 deaths · 60 km
June 2, 2025, Fethiye, TurkeyM5.8 · 1 death · 113 km
October 20, 2005, Izmir, TurkeyM5.9 · 1 death · 185 km

Significant earthquakes of 1490 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 645.