170 Earthquake: Vitinia,hellespont, Greece-Turkey

Date

170

Place

Vitinia,hellespont, Greece-Turkey

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.000° N, 24.500° E

Country

Greece

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

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.

• December 856, Korinthos,patrai (Patras), Greece45,000 deaths · 185 km
• October 15, 1883, Ayvalik, Izmir, Cesme, TurkeyM7.3 · 15,000 deaths · 3,600 houses destroyed · 167 km
• April 3, 1881, Cesme, Khios, Turkey, GreeceM7.3 · 7,866 deaths · 173 km
• June 426 BC, Euboea, GreeceM7.1 · 2,500 deaths · 156 km
• March 7, 1867, Izmir, Mitilini, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 563 deaths · 5,915 houses destroyed · 165 km
• August 6, 1384, Lesbos, Greece500 deaths · 159 km
• April 20, 1894, Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris), GreeceM6.7 · 255 deaths · 121 km
• September 26, 1932, Hierissos-Strantonion (Chalkidiki), GreeceM6.9 · 161 deaths · 4,106 houses destroyed · 175 km
• September 7, 1999, Athens, GreeceM6 · 143 deaths · $4.2 billion · 53,000 houses destroyed · 125 km
• August 1, 1870, Itea Delphi (Phokis), GreeceM7 · 100 deaths · 182 km
• September 30, 1870, GreeceM7.5 · 100 deaths · 182 km
• September 21, 1939, TurkeyM6.5 · 41 deaths · 199 km
• March 9, 1965, Alonisos, Skopelos, GreeceM6.3 · 38 deaths · $8 million · 62 km
• April 27, 1894, St Konstantinos-Arkitsa (Lokris), GreeceM6.9 · 30 deaths · 3,800 houses destroyed · 126 km
• October 6, 1944, Ayvalik, TurkeyM6.7 · 30 deaths · 5,500 houses destroyed · 188 km

Significant earthquakes of 170The 100sRecent earthquakes near here

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 68.