October 25, 1889 Earthquake: Lesbos, Greece

Date

October 25, 1889

Time

21:29:00 UTC

Place

Lesbos, Greece

Magnitude

6.9

Intensity

11 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.200° N, 26.000° E

Country

Greece

Deaths

25

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.

• July 10, 1668, TurkeyM6.6 · 17,500 deaths · 130 km
• July 10, 1688, Izmir, TurkeyM7 · 16,000 deaths · 118 km
• October 15, 1883, Ayvalik, Izmir, Cesme, TurkeyM7.3 · 15,000 deaths · 3,600 houses destroyed · 102 km
• April 3, 1881, Cesme, Khios, Turkey, GreeceM7.3 · 7,866 deaths · 108 km
• August 9, 1912, Marmara Sea, TurkeyM7.2 · 2,800 deaths · 24,700 houses destroyed · 195 km
• 688, Izmir, Turkey2,000 deaths · 137 km
• March 18, 1953, Yenice, Onon, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,070 deaths · $3.6 million · 178 km
• March 7, 1867, Izmir, Mitilini, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 563 deaths · 5,915 houses destroyed · 34 km
• August 6, 1384, Lesbos, Greece500 deaths · 28 km
• March 31, 1928, Tepekoy, Torbali, TurkeyM6.5 · 170 deaths · 2,600 houses destroyed · 172 km
• October 30, 2020, Izmir, Samos, Turkey, GreeceM7 · 118 deaths · $400 million · 160 km
• September 21, 1939, TurkeyM6.5 · 41 deaths · 70 km
• 1577, Balikesir, Turkey40 deaths · 174 km
• March 9, 1965, Alonisos, Skopelos, GreeceM6.3 · 38 deaths · $8 million · 174 km
• October 6, 1944, Ayvalik, TurkeyM6.7 · 30 deaths · 5,500 houses destroyed · 61 km

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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 2397.