February 5, 1786 Earthquake: Corfu (Kerkira), Greece

Date

February 5, 1786

Place

Corfu (Kerkira), Greece

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.700° N, 19.800° E

Country

Greece

Region

Southern Europe

Deaths

120

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.

1. #1055 Milne, John (1911). Catalogue of Destructive Earthquakes [7 to 1899 A.D.], Report of the 81st Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Portsmouth, London, United Kingdom, p. 649-740.
2. #1093 Montandon, Frederic (1953). Les Tremblements de Terre Destructeurs en Europe, a L'Union Internationale de Secours, Geneva, Switzerland, 195 p.
3. #496 Mallet, Robert (1854). Catalogue of Recorded Earthquakes from 1606 B.C. to A.D. 1850, Part II, 1755 A.D. to 1784 A.D., Report of the 23rd Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Hull, Sept. 1853, John Murray, London, p. 118-212.

• October 12, 1851, Vlore (Valona),berat, Turkey, AlbaniaM6.6 · 2,000 deaths · 89 km
• September 30, 1636, Cephalonia, GreeceM7.2 · 520 deaths · 183 km
• August 12, 1953, Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia), GreeceM7.2 · 476 deaths · $100 million · 30,439 houses destroyed · 178 km
• October 17, 1851, Berat, Albania400 deaths · 89 km
• July 11, 1767, Kefalonia, GreeceM6.7 · 303 deaths · 2,642 houses destroyed · 169 km
• February 4, 1867, Cephalonia, GreeceM7.2 · 223 deaths · 3,200 houses destroyed · 172 km
• November 26, 1920, Tepelene, Dragoti, Peshtani, Maricaj, AlbaniaM6.2 · 200 deaths · 58 km
• January 28, 1931, Korce, AlbaniaM5.8 · 90 deaths · 131 km
• May 13, 1895, Margarition-Filiates (Thesprotia), GreeceM6.3 · 80 deaths · 150 houses destroyed · 64 km
• March 2, 1866, Smokthine, Velca, Vlore, Albania60 deaths · 12 houses destroyed · 79 km
• January 2, 1866, Narta, Vlore, Kanina, AlbaniaM6.6 · 60 deaths · 82 km
• January 19, 1825, Leukas, Ionian Islands, GreeceM6.5 · 60 deaths · 124 km
• March 23, 1783, Lefkada, GreeceM6.5 · 60 deaths · 134 km
• November 11, 1704, GreeceM6.2 · 43 deaths · 123 km
• November 21, 1930, Vlore, Himare, Kuc, AlbaniaM6 · 35 deaths · 980 houses destroyed · 93 km

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