July 31, 1898 Earthquake: Ioannina, Greece
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Ioannina, Greece on July 31, 1898 at 05:40 UTC.
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The earthquake
- Date
- July 31, 1898
- Time
- 05:40 UTC
- Place
- Ioannina, Greece
- Magnitude
- 6.2 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 39.750° N, 20.750° E
- Country
- Greece
The toll
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Reference #1198 lists earthquake on July 31, 1898, 05:40 UTC, 39.75 N, 20.75 E, intensity X at Jannina (Epirus) [Ioannina].
Reference #1099 lists earthquake on July 31, 1898, 05:40 (local time?), 20.75 N, 20.75 E, intensity IX-X, magnitude 6.2. Ioannina X?, Preveza VIII, Patrai VI, Vlore (MD), Ioannina was destroyed, very slightly felt in the region of Otranto. (The latitude is probably 39.75 N since the location of greatest damage was at Ioannina located at 39.67 N, 21.85 E.)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- June 426 BC, Euboea, Greece
- October 12, 1851, Vlore (Valona),berat, Turkey, Albania
- September 30, 1636, Cephalonia, Greece
- August 12, 1953, Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia), Greece
- October 17, 1851, Berat, Albania
- July 11, 1767, Kefalonia, Greece
- February 4, 1867, Cephalonia, Greece
- November 26, 1920, Tepelene, Dragoti, Peshtani, Maricaj, Albania
- February 5, 1786, Corfu (Kerkira), Greece
- January 28, 1931, Korce, Albania
- May 13, 1895, Margarition-Filiates (Thesprotia), Greece
- January 19, 1825, Leukas, Ionian Islands, Greece
- March 23, 1783, Lefkada, Greece
- January 2, 1866, Narta, Vlore, Kanina, Albania
- March 2, 1866, Smokthine, Velca, Vlore, Albania
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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 2542.