June 7, 1750 Earthquake: Morea,cerigo, Greece

Date

June 7, 1750

Place

Morea,cerigo, Greece

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

36.200° N, 23.000° E

Country

Greece

Deaths

2,000

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.

• December 856, Korinthos,patrai (Patras), Greece45,000 deaths · 189 km
• July 21, 365, Knossos, Crete, GreeceM8 · 5,000 deaths · 133 km
• February 16, 1810, Iraklion (Candia), Crete, Greece3,000 deaths · 196 km
• August 27, 1886, Triphylie (Peleponese), Philiatra, GreeceM6.8 · 326 deaths · 6,000 houses destroyed · 153 km
• November 2, 1791, Zante, Gastuni, GreeceM7 · 80 deaths · 185 km
• April 5, 1965, Southern, GreeceM6.2 · 32 deaths · 198 km
• June 10, 1846, Messini-Micromani (Messinia), Greece30 deaths · $800,000 · 126 km
• September 13, 1986, Kalami, Lakonia, Zakinthos, GreeceM5.8 · 20 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed · 117 km
• October 6, 1947, Pylia (Messinia), S, GreeceM7.3 · 3 deaths · 7,800 houses destroyed · 118 km
• August 11, 1903, Mitata (Kythera), GreeceM7.8 · 2 deaths · 22 km
• September 1, 1966, Southern, GreeceM5.5 · 1 death · $14 million · 180 houses destroyed · 159 km
• August 28, 1962, Southern GreeceM6.8 · 1 death · 178 km
• June 1798, Southern Greece0 km
• February 6, 1866, Ionian Sea, Amalias, Gargalianoi, Kalamai, GreeceM6.8 · 22 km
• January 8, 2006, Southern, GreeceM6.7 · 23 km

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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 1307.