June 26, 1759 Earthquake: Plovdiv, Thessaloniki, Bulgaria, Greece-Bulgaria

Date

June 26, 1759

Place

Plovdiv, Thessaloniki, Bulgaria, Greece-Bulgaria

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

41.000° N, 24.000° 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.

• September 26, 1932, Hierissos-Strantonion (Chalkidiki), GreeceM6.9 · 161 deaths · 4,106 houses destroyed · 56 km
• April 14, 1928, Chirpan, BulgariaM6.8 · 127 deaths · 74,750 houses destroyed · 172 km
• June 20, 1978, Thessaloniki, GreeceM6.4 · 50 deaths · $250 million · 71 km
• March 9, 1965, Alonisos, Skopelos, GreeceM6.3 · 38 deaths · $8 million · 178 km
• June 18, 1953, Edirne, Turkey37 deaths · 197 km
• February 19, 1968, St Eustratios, Aegean Sea, GreeceM7.2 · 22 deaths · $600,000 · 500 houses destroyed · 199 km
• November 8, 1905, Aegean Sea, GreeceM7.2 · 11 deaths · 114 km
• April 19, 1955, Drakia-Agria (Magnesia), GreeceM6.2 · 8 deaths · 459 houses destroyed · 194 km
• April 21, 1955, Aegean Sea, GreeceM6 · 7 deaths · 187 km
• July 5, 1902, Thessaloniki, GreeceM6.5 · 5 deaths · 228 houses destroyed · 83 km
• May 24, 2014, Greece, TurkeyM6.9 · 3 deaths · $4.5 billion · 141 km
• February 9, 1893, Samothraki, GreeceM6.5 · 1 death · 138 km
• December 21, 1990, Edhessa, Kilkis, GreeceM5.9 · 1 death · 143 km
• 52, Philippi,drama,kavala, Greece25 km
• May 5, 1829, Xanthi-Drama, GreeceM7.3 · Deaths: some · 43 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 1358.