Significant earthquakes of 2021

March 3, 2021 Earthquake: Tyrnavos, Larisa, Greece

March 3, 2021 · M6.3 · $10 million

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Tyrnavos, Larisa, Greece on March 3, 2021 at 10:16:10 UTC, 10 km below the surface.

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The earthquake

Date
March 3, 2021
Time
10:16:10 UTC
Place
Tyrnavos, Larisa, Greece
Magnitude
6.3 (Mw)
Focal depth
10 km (6 mi)
Intensity
9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami
None recorded
Epicenter
39.764° N, 22.176° E
Country
Greece

The toll

Injuries
11
Damage
$10 million
Houses destroyed
Many (101 to 1,000)
Houses damaged
Many (101 to 1,000)

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.

It was much of the same for the rest of Damasi, where more than 100 houses either collapsed or were heavily damaged. But miraculously, residents in this farming village say, no one was badly injured even as forceful tremors – some as strong as magnitude 5.9 on Thursday evening – continued for the next 24 hours [...] This time, however, Larissa – some 30km (19 miles) south of Damasi – withstood the sheer force of the earthquake, with only some buildings suffering minor damage. It was a different picture, however, for Mesochori, a small village of some 300 residents 15km (10 miles) northwest of Damasi. While authorities are still assessing the extent of the damage, dozens of homes have already been found uninhabitable, leaving their occupants in need of shelter. (reference #12886)

11 injured; total damages USD 10 million (reference #1250)

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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 10535.