330 BC Earthquake: Aegean Sea, Greece
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Aegean Sea, Greece in 330 BC. It caused a tsunami.
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
- 330 BC
- Place
- Aegean Sea, Greece
- Magnitude
- 7 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 11 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 40.000° N, 25.000° E
- Country
- Greece
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
330 B.C. Aegean Sea, Sporades Islands, 40 N, 25 E, earthquake intensity XI, magnitude 7.0. It is said that the Chrysi Island together with the volcano of Moschylos disappeared as a result of an underground shock near the western shore of Limnos Island. Such a shock must have generated a strong tsunami. (reference 2130).
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 9, 1912, Marmara Sea, Turkey
- March 7, 1867, Izmir, Mitilini, Turkey, Greece
- August 6, 1384, Lesbos, Greece
- September 26, 1932, Hierissos-Strantonion (Chalkidiki), Greece
- June 20, 1978, Thessaloniki, Greece
- September 21, 1939, Turkey
- March 9, 1965, Alonisos, Skopelos, Greece
- June 18, 1953, Edirne, Turkey
- October 6, 1944, Ayvalik, Turkey
- October 25, 1889, Lesbos, Greece
- February 19, 1968, St Eustratios, Aegean Sea, Greece
- November 8, 1905, Aegean Sea, Greece
- April 19, 1955, Drakia-Agria (Magnesia), Greece
- April 21, 1955, Aegean Sea, Greece
- July 23, 1949, Karaburun, Chios, Oenoussae, Turkey, Greece
More
Significant earthquakes of 330 BCThe 300s BCRecent earthquakes near here
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 22.