June 1798 Earthquake: Southern Greece
An earthquake struck Southern Greece in June 1798.
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
- June 1798
- Place
- Southern Greece
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.200° N, 23.000° 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.
- December 856, Korinthos,patrai (Patras), Greece
- July 21, 365, Knossos, Crete, Greece
- February 16, 1810, Iraklion (Candia), Crete, Greece
- June 7, 1750, Morea,cerigo, Greece
- August 27, 1886, Triphylie (Peleponese), Philiatra, Greece
- November 2, 1791, Zante, Gastuni, Greece
- April 5, 1965, Southern, Greece
- June 10, 1846, Messini-Micromani (Messinia), Greece
- September 13, 1986, Kalami, Lakonia, Zakinthos, Greece
- October 6, 1947, Pylia (Messinia), S, Greece
- August 11, 1903, Mitata (Kythera), Greece
- September 1, 1966, Southern, Greece
- August 28, 1962, Southern Greece
- February 6, 1866, Ionian Sea, Amalias, Gargalianoi, Kalamai, Greece
- January 8, 2006, Southern, Greece
More
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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 1544.