April 20, 1894 Earthquake: Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris), Greece

Name: April 20, 1894 Earthquake: Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris), Greece
Start: 1894-04-20
Location: Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris), Greece

April 20, 1894 · M6.7 · 255 deaths

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris), Greece on April 20, 1894 at 16:52 UTC. It killed 255 people.

Map

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The earthquake

Date: April 20, 1894
Time: 16:52 UTC
Place: Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris), Greece
Magnitude: 6.7 (Ms)
Intensity: 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 38.600° N, 23.200° E
Country: Greece

The toll

Deaths: 255
Damage: Severe (about $5 to $25 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.

Reference #1093 lists earthquake on April 20 and 27, 1894. Catastrophic earthquake in Locride, 255 killed, damage 21,040,000 drachmas including 525,000 for Atalanti.

Reference #1099 lists earthquake on April 20, 1894, 16:52 UTC?, 38.6 N, 23.2 E, magnitude 6.7, intensity X-XI. A disastrous shock in the peninsula of Lokris, the localities Proskyma, Masi, Maleslna, Martino suffered much, 200m long fissures, many rockslides, felt as far as Sphti, Tripolis, Skyros, Urisa, Ios and Thira (Santorin).

Reference #1198 lists earthquake on April 20, 1894, 16:52 UTC, 38.6 N, 23.2 E, intensity X, at Lokris.

AD 1894 Apr 20, Martino. An earthquake in the gulf of Atalanti at 17 h 16m almost totally destroyed the villages between Skandaraga and Martino, killing 223 people. (reference #9116)

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

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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 2444.