June 10, 1846 Earthquake: Messini-Micromani (Messinia), Greece

Date

June 10, 1846

Time

18:00 UTC

Place

Messini-Micromani (Messinia), Greece

Intensity

X, extreme shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

37.000° N, 22.000° E

Country

Greece

Region

Southern Europe

Deaths

30

Damage

$800,000

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. #1093 Montandon, Frederic (1953). Les Tremblements de Terre Destructeurs en Europe, a L'Union Internationale de Secours, Geneva, Switzerland, 195 p.
2. #1099 Karnik, V. (1971). Seismicity of the European Area, Part 2, D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht, Holland. 218 p.
3. #1198 Galanopoulos, Angelos G. (1960). Greece: A Catalogue of Shocks with Io greater than or equal to VI or M greater than or equal to 5 for the Years 1801-1958. Seismological Laboratory, Athens University, 119 p.

• December 856, Korinthos,patrai (Patras), Greece45,000 deaths · 128 km
• July 7, 551, Schisma, Boetia, GreeceM7.1 · 5,000 deaths · 158 km
• June 7, 1750, Morea,cerigo, Greece2,000 deaths · 126 km
• September 30, 1636, Cephalonia, GreeceM7.2 · 520 deaths · 193 km
• August 12, 1953, Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia), GreeceM7.2 · 476 deaths · $100 million · 30,439 houses destroyed · 179 km
• December 29, 1820, Zakinthos (Zante), GreeceM6.9 · 388 deaths · 379 houses destroyed · 107 km
• August 27, 1886, Triphylie (Peleponese), Philiatra, GreeceM6.8 · 326 deaths · 6,000 houses destroyed · 29 km
• July 11, 1767, Kefalonia, GreeceM6.7 · 303 deaths · 2,642 houses destroyed · 195 km
• February 4, 1867, Cephalonia, GreeceM7.2 · 223 deaths · 3,200 houses destroyed · 195 km
• September 7, 1999, Athens, GreeceM6 · 143 deaths · $4.2 billion · 53,000 houses destroyed · 188 km
• August 23, 1817, Aeghion, Achaia, GreeceM6.6 · 128 deaths · 141 km
• February 25, 1742, Zakynthos, GreeceM6.6 · 120 deaths · 117 km
• August 1, 1870, Itea Delphi (Phokis), GreeceM7 · 100 deaths · 172 km
• September 30, 1870, GreeceM7.5 · 100 deaths · 172 km
• November 2, 1791, Zante, Gastuni, GreeceM7 · 80 deaths · 161 km

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