1613 Earthquake: Iraklion (Candia), Crete, Greece
An earthquake struck Iraklion (Candia), Crete, Greece in 1613.
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
- 1613
- Place
- Iraklion (Candia), Crete, Greece
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.300° N, 25.100° E
- Country
- Greece
The toll
- Deaths
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
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.
- July 21, 365, Knossos, Crete, Greece
- 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
- 62, Crete, Greece
- 1501, Crete, Greece
- March 28, 1846, Crete, Greece
- 364 BC, Rome, Italy
- 55, Crete, Greece
- September 6, 448, Crete, Greece
- April 7, 796, Crete, Greece
- January 1655, 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 862.