1604 Earthquake: Crete, Greece
An earthquake struck Crete, Greece in 1604. It caused a tsunami.
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
- 1604
- Place
- Crete, Greece
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 35.500° N, 25.500° E
- Country
- Greece
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million) with its tsunami and other effects
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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 8, 1303, Crete, Greece
- February 16, 1810, Iraklion (Candia), Crete, Greece
- October 12, 1856, Crete, Egypt, Greece
- May 29, 1508, Iraklion (Candia),megalokastron, Crete, Greece
- July 9, 1956, Dodecanese, Greece
- September 27, 2021, Crete, Greece
- 1450 BC, Lacus Cimini, Italy
- July 9, 251, Crete, Greece
- 438, Crete, Greece
- 1306, Crete, Greece
- July 1, 1494, Crete, Greece
- November 8, 1612, Crete, Greece
- 1613, Iraklion (Candia), Crete, Greece
- 1501, Crete, Greece
- March 28, 1846, Crete, Greece
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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 821.