April 23, 1829 Earthquake: Greece-Bulgaria
An earthquake struck Greece-Bulgaria on April 23, 1829 at 16:00 UTC.
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
- April 23, 1829
- Time
- 16:00 UTC
- Place
- Greece-Bulgaria
- Intensity
- X, extreme shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 41.200° N, 24.500° E
- Country
- Greece
- Region
- Southern Europe
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1099 Karnik, V. (1971). Seismicity of the European Area, Part 2, D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht, Holland. 218 p.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 26, 1932, Hierissos-Strantonion (Chalkidiki), Greece
- April 14, 1928, Chirpan, Bulgaria
- June 20, 1978, Thessaloniki, Greece
- June 18, 1953, Edirne, Turkey
- November 8, 1905, Aegean Sea, Greece
- July 5, 1902, Thessaloniki, Greece
- May 24, 2014, Greece, Turkey
- February 9, 1893, Samothraki, Greece
- December 21, 1990, Edhessa, Kilkis, Greece
- May 5, 1829, Xanthi-Drama, Greece
- 52, Philippi,drama,kavala, Greece
- June 26, 1759, Plovdiv, Thessaloniki, Bulgaria, Greece-Bulgaria
- September 29, 1932, Chalkidiki, Greece
- October 1750, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- February 20, 2006, Greece-Bulgaria Border Region
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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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 1728.