September 29, 480 BC Earthquake: Saronic Gulf, Greece

Date

September 29, 480 BC

Place

Saronic Gulf, Greece

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

37.900° N, 23.500° E

Country

Greece

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

• December 856, Korinthos,patrai (Patras), Greece45,000 deaths · 53 km
• July 7, 551, Schisma, Boetia, GreeceM7.1 · 5,000 deaths · 119 km
• June 426 BC, Euboea, GreeceM7.1 · 2,500 deaths · 131 km
• June 7, 1750, Morea,cerigo, Greece2,000 deaths · 194 km
• December 29, 1820, Zakinthos (Zante), GreeceM6.9 · 388 deaths · 379 houses destroyed · 198 km
• August 27, 1886, Triphylie (Peleponese), Philiatra, GreeceM6.8 · 326 deaths · 6,000 houses destroyed · 182 km
• April 20, 1894, Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris), GreeceM6.7 · 255 deaths · 82 km
• September 7, 1999, Athens, GreeceM6 · 143 deaths · $4.2 billion · 53,000 houses destroyed · 26 km
• August 23, 1817, Aeghion, Achaia, GreeceM6.6 · 128 deaths · 116 km
• August 1, 1870, Itea Delphi (Phokis), GreeceM7 · 100 deaths · 110 km
• September 30, 1870, GreeceM7.5 · 100 deaths · 110 km
• January 30, 1785, Patrai (Patras), Zakynthos (Zante), Greece38 deaths · 161 km
• March 9, 1965, Alonisos, Skopelos, GreeceM6.3 · 38 deaths · $8 million · 172 km
• April 5, 1965, Southern, GreeceM6.2 · 32 deaths · 151 km
• April 30, 1954, Sophades (Karditsa), GreeceM6.7 · 31 deaths · $3.2 million · 188 km

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