October 28, 1780 Earthquake: Crete, Greece

Name: October 28, 1780 Earthquake: Crete, Greece
Start: 1780-10-28
Location: Crete, Greece

October 28, 1780

An earthquake struck Crete, Greece on October 28, 1780.

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: October 28, 1780
Place: Crete, Greece
Intensity: 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 35.000° N, 25.800° E
Country: Greece

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

August 8, 1303, Crete, GreeceM8 · 4,000 deaths · 109 km
February 16, 1810, Iraklion (Candia), Crete, Greece3,000 deaths · 91 km
October 12, 1856, Crete, Egypt, Greece600 deaths · 8,000 houses destroyed · 58 km
May 29, 1508, Iraklion (Candia),megalokastron, Crete, Greece300 deaths · 67 km
July 9, 1956, Dodecanese, GreeceM7.7 · 56 deaths · 529 houses destroyed · 186 km
September 27, 2021, Crete, GreeceM6 · 1 death · 772 houses destroyed · 57 km
December 1815, Crete, Greece5 km
October 12, 2021, Crete, GreeceM6.4 · 47 km
1450 BC, Lacus Cimini, Italy62 km
July 9, 251, Crete, Greece62 km
438, Crete, Greece62 km
1306, Crete, Greece62 km
July 1, 1494, Crete, GreeceM7.2 · 62 km
1604, Crete, Greece62 km
November 8, 1612, Crete, Greece62 km

Significant earthquakes of 1780 The 1700s Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

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 1446.