September 3, 1714 Earthquake: Patras, Greece
An earthquake struck Patras, Greece on September 3, 1714.
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
- September 3, 1714
- Place
- Patras, Greece
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.250° N, 21.730° E
- Country
- Greece
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1714, Sept 3, morning, 38.25 N, 21.73 E, intensity VI+, Patra, Greece. (reference #2699)
1714, Sept 3. Greece, in the Morea, Patras, intensity I which corresponds to an earthquake of intensity
sufficient to crack walls, break chimneys, to shatter old
buildings or to produce cracks in the ground. (reference #1055)
1714, Sept 3. In the Morea, Patras especially was much injured. A portion of a church at Patras was thrown down. (reference #521)
1714, Aug 28. An earthquake destroyed 280 houses on the island of Cephalonie. The inhabitants camped for two months in the gardens. Craterlets. (reference #1093)
1714, Aug 28. Greece, Cephalonia, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts. (reference #1055)
1714, Aug 28. Island of Cephalonia. Much more terrible than the last. 280 houses were thrown down. The earth opened, and springs of hot water made their appearance. (reference #521)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 856, Korinthos,patrai (Patras), Greece
- July 7, 551, Schisma, Boetia, Greece
- June 426 BC, Euboea, Greece
- September 30, 1636, Cephalonia, Greece
- August 12, 1953, Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia), Greece
- December 29, 1820, Zakinthos (Zante), Greece
- August 27, 1886, Triphylie (Peleponese), Philiatra, Greece
- July 11, 1767, Kefalonia, Greece
- April 20, 1894, Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris), Greece
- February 4, 1867, Cephalonia, Greece
- September 7, 1999, Athens, Greece
- August 23, 1817, Aeghion, Achaia, Greece
- February 25, 1742, Zakynthos, Greece
- August 1, 1870, Itea Delphi (Phokis), Greece
- September 30, 1870, 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 1190.