May 28, 1962 Earthquake: Aegean Sea, Greece

Date

May 28, 1962

Time

22:57:47 UTC

Place

Aegean Sea, Greece

Magnitude

4.5 (Ms)

Intensity

V, moderate shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

39.800° N, 25.000° E

Country

Greece

Region

Southern Europe

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

1. #2427 Papadopoulos, Gerassimos A. (2000). Tsunamis in the East Mediterranean: 1. A Catalogue for the Area of Greece and Adjacent Seas. Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens, Greece. Online listing of events through 2000 at: http://www.gein.noa.gr/services/catalogue.htm
2. #4139 Tsunami Risk and Strategies for the European region (TRANSFER) project (2009). Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Region Tsunami Catalogue (NEAMTWS), retrieved February 2009 from http://www.ioc-tsunami.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=282&Itemid=1102

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