August 28, 1962 Earthquake: Southern Greece

Date

August 28, 1962

Time

10:59:00 UTC

Place

Southern Greece

Magnitude

6.8

Focal depth

100 km (62 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

37.800° N, 22.900° E

Country

Greece

Region

Southern Europe

Deaths

1

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.

1. #1040 Rothe, J.P. (1969). The Seismicity of the Earth 1953-1965, United National Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France, 312 p. plus maps.
2. #1075 Giorgetti, F. and E. Iaccarino (1971). Italian Earthquake Catalogue from the Beginning of the Christian Age up to 1968, Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy.

• December 856, Korinthos,patrai (Patras), Greece45,000 deaths · 11 km
• July 7, 551, Schisma, Boetia, GreeceM7.1 · 5,000 deaths · 85 km
• June 426 BC, Euboea, GreeceM7.1 · 2,500 deaths · 124 km
• June 7, 1750, Morea,cerigo, Greece2,000 deaths · 178 km
• August 12, 1953, Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia), GreeceM7.2 · 476 deaths · $100 million · 30,439 houses destroyed · 192 km
• December 29, 1820, Zakinthos (Zante), GreeceM6.9 · 388 deaths · 379 houses destroyed · 145 km
• August 27, 1886, Triphylie (Peleponese), Philiatra, GreeceM6.8 · 326 deaths · 6,000 houses destroyed · 131 km
• April 20, 1894, Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris), GreeceM6.7 · 255 deaths · 93 km
• September 7, 1999, Athens, GreeceM6 · 143 deaths · $4.2 billion · 53,000 houses destroyed · 71 km
• August 23, 1817, Aeghion, Achaia, GreeceM6.6 · 128 deaths · 76 km
• February 25, 1742, Zakynthos, GreeceM6.6 · 120 deaths · 165 km
• August 1, 1870, Itea Delphi (Phokis), GreeceM7 · 100 deaths · 85 km
• September 30, 1870, GreeceM7.5 · 100 deaths · 85 km
• January 30, 1785, Patrai (Patras), Zakynthos (Zante), Greece38 deaths · 114 km
• April 5, 1965, Southern, GreeceM6.2 · 32 deaths · 97 km

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