April 22, 1928 Earthquake: Corinth (Corinthia), Greece
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Corinth (Corinthia), Greece on April 22, 1928 at 20:13:46 UTC, 29 km below the surface. It killed 20 people.
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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
- April 22, 1928
- Time
- 20:13:46 UTC
- Place
- Corinth (Corinthia), Greece
- Magnitude
- 6 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 29 km (18 mi)
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 38.000° N, 23.000° E
- Country
- Greece
The toll
- Deaths
- 20
- Damage
- Extreme (about $25 million or more)
- Houses destroyed
- 3,000
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1928, April 22, 19:59 UTC. 38 N, 23.5 E, depth 29 km, magnitude 5.25, Aegean Sea, near the eastern shore of Greece. A catastrophic earthquake (intensity=XI), preceded by a strong shock of an hour earlier, took place on the Isthmus of Corinth. 3,000 houses were destroyed and 20 people were killed in Corinth and Loutraki (not a single building remained intact in the latter). 15,000 inhabitants were left homeless. According to data of the international Red Cross, the material damage was estimated at 300 million drachmae. The sea level rose suddenly in the port of Karistos in the south of the island of Euboea. (reference #2130)
1928, April 22. Catastrophic earthquake in the isthmus of Corinth, intensity XI. 3000 houses destroyed and 20 dead in Corinth and Lutraki. 15,000 without shelter. Material losses 600,000,000 drachmes. (reference #1093)
1928, April 22, 20:13:46 UTC. 38 N, 23 E, magnitude 6.2, intensity IX. (reference #1004)
1928, April 22, 20:13:35 UTC. 38 N, 23 E, intensity IX, magnitude 6-6.25, Corinth casualties. (reference #1198)
1928, April 22, 20:13:46 UTC. 37.94 N, 22.98 E, magnitude 6.3. (reference #4095)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 856, Korinthos,patrai (Patras), Greece
- July 7, 551, Schisma, Boetia, Greece
- June 426 BC, Euboea, Greece
- August 12, 1953, Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia), Greece
- December 29, 1820, Zakinthos (Zante), Greece
- August 27, 1886, Triphylie (Peleponese), Philiatra, Greece
- April 20, 1894, Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris), Greece
- September 7, 1999, Athens, Greece
- August 23, 1817, Aeghion, Achaia, Greece
- February 25, 1742, Zakynthos, Greece
- August 1, 1870, Itea Delphi (Phokis), Greece
- September 30, 1870, Greece
- January 30, 1785, Patrai (Patras), Zakynthos (Zante), Greece
- March 9, 1965, Alonisos, Skopelos, Greece
- April 5, 1965, Southern, Greece
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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 3366.