September 14, 1962 Earthquake: Balikesir, Aegean Sea, Turkey, Greece

Date

September 14, 1962

Time

00:33:00 UTC

Place

Balikesir, Aegean Sea, Turkey, Greece

Magnitude

5.5

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.600° N, 23.300° E

Country

Greece

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.

• December 856, Korinthos,patrai (Patras), Greece45,000 deaths · 192 km
• July 7, 551, Schisma, Boetia, GreeceM7.1 · 5,000 deaths · 159 km
• June 426 BC, Euboea, GreeceM7.1 · 2,500 deaths · 93 km
• April 20, 1894, Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris), GreeceM6.7 · 255 deaths · 112 km
• September 26, 1932, Hierissos-Strantonion (Chalkidiki), GreeceM6.9 · 161 deaths · 4,106 houses destroyed · 112 km
• September 7, 1999, Athens, GreeceM6 · 143 deaths · $4.2 billion · 53,000 houses destroyed · 167 km
• August 23, 1817, Aeghion, Achaia, GreeceM6.6 · 128 deaths · 175 km
• August 1, 1870, Itea Delphi (Phokis), GreeceM7 · 100 deaths · 140 km
• September 30, 1870, GreeceM7.5 · 100 deaths · 140 km
• June 20, 1978, Thessaloniki, GreeceM6.4 · 50 deaths · $250 million · 127 km
• March 9, 1965, Alonisos, Skopelos, GreeceM6.3 · 38 deaths · $8 million · 64 km
• April 30, 1954, Sophades (Karditsa), GreeceM6.7 · 31 deaths · $3.2 million · 106 km
• April 27, 1894, St Konstantinos-Arkitsa (Lokris), GreeceM6.9 · 30 deaths · 3,800 houses destroyed · 102 km
• June 15, 1995, Aiyion, Eratini, GreeceM6.5 · 26 deaths · $660 million · 160 km
• April 20, 1954, GreeceM7 · 25 deaths · 105 km

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