July 30, 1944 Earthquake: Kampos (Laconia), Greece
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Kampos (Laconia), Greece on July 30, 1944 at 04:00 UTC, 8 km below the surface.
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
- July 30, 1944
- Time
- 04:00 UTC
- Place
- Kampos (Laconia), Greece
- Magnitude
- 5.7
- Focal depth
- 8 km (5 mi)
- Intensity
- X, extreme shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.700° N, 22.500° E
- Country
- Greece
- Region
- Southern Europe
- USGS record
- The USGS’s page for this earthquake
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1198 Galanopoulos, Angelos G. (1960). Greece: A Catalogue of Shocks with Io greater than or equal to VI or M greater than or equal to 5 for the Years 1801-1958. Seismological Laboratory, Athens University, 119 p.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 856, Korinthos,patrai (Patras), Greece
- July 7, 551, Schisma, Boetia, Greece
- July 21, 365, Knossos, Crete, Greece
- June 7, 1750, Morea,cerigo, Greece
- December 29, 1820, Zakinthos (Zante), Greece
- August 27, 1886, Triphylie (Peleponese), Philiatra, Greece
- September 7, 1999, Athens, Greece
- August 23, 1817, Aeghion, Achaia, Greece
- February 25, 1742, Zakynthos, Greece
- November 2, 1791, Zante, Gastuni, Greece
- January 30, 1785, Patrai (Patras), Zakynthos (Zante), Greece
- April 5, 1965, Southern, Greece
- June 10, 1846, Messini-Micromani (Messinia), Greece
- June 15, 1995, Aiyion, Eratini, Greece
- April 17, 1893, Zakinthos (Zante), Gaitani-Keri, 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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 3781. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event iscgem899482, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.