May 23, 1851 Earthquake: Khalki, Greece

Name: May 23, 1851 Earthquake: Khalki, Greece
Start: 1851-05-23
Location: Khalki, Greece

May 23, 1851

An earthquake struck Khalki, Greece on May 23, 1851. It caused a tsunami.

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: May 23, 1851
Place: Khalki, Greece
Tsunami: Yes: the tsunami it caused
Country: Greece

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 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.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

A locally damaging earthquake occurred in the island of Khalki west of Rhodes, wich was also felt onboard ships. It does not seem that the shock was felt very far away (Perrey 1852) (reference #9116)

Significant earthquakes of 1851 The 1800s 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 10593.