June 28, 1585 Earthquake: Mount Athos, Greece

Ref #4408:

1585, July 18, 02h, 40.2° N, 24.5° E, h =n, M=(7.0), Athos (VID)

In a note of a monk of the Vatopediou monastery, it is mentioned that on 18 July, Friday, of the year 1585, an earthquake fissured and pulled down most part of the walls. Many towers of monasteries collapsed in Proavlaka (Nea Roda), too. This earthquake is the largest ever known till then. In a note of a monk of the Iviron monastery, it is written that a strong earthquake pulled down the towers and fissured the churches of saint Mountain. The earth was moving every other day for 20 days and the shocks continued for 80 days. In a note of a monk of the Dionysiou monastery, it is written that a terrible earthquake occurred and the slates of the church fell down and its domes were torn. The towers at Hierissos fell down, too (Labros, 1910; Eustratiades and Arcadios, 1924; Maravelakis, 1937; Kadas, 1996, 1997).

Ref #9116:

A damaging earthquake occurred on Mt Athos. Towers, including that of the Proavlaka monastery, collapsed, and churches and walls cracked open: the cupola of the monastery of Megali Lavra's katholikon fell down, as did the dome and altar of the nosokomeion. Deaths resulted from this damage. The earthquake seems to have generated a seismic sea wave, which flooded the harbour area.

This earthquake took place at the fourth hour of the day, Friday, on St Leontius Day, 18 June a.M. 7093 (1585 O.S.; Lampros 1909a, 211; Lampros 1910a, 177; Millet et al. 1904, 128), or, according to others, on 18 July (Stojanovic 1902, 234).

Ref #12677:

This is the case of the 18 [O.S.]/28[N.S.] June 1585 earthquake which is mentioned in various documentary sources reviewed by [reference #9116].