521 Earthquake: Durres,korinthos, Greece

Date

521

Place

Durres,korinthos, Greece

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.600° N, 21.200° E

Country

Greece

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 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.

• July 7, 551, Schisma, Boetia, GreeceM7.1 · 5,000 deaths · 164 km
• June 426 BC, Euboea, GreeceM7.1 · 2,500 deaths · 151 km
• October 12, 1851, Vlore (Valona),berat, Turkey, AlbaniaM6.6 · 2,000 deaths · 162 km
• September 30, 1636, Cephalonia, GreeceM7.2 · 520 deaths · 184 km
• August 12, 1953, Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia), GreeceM7.2 · 476 deaths · $100 million · 30,439 houses destroyed · 149 km
• October 17, 1851, Berat, Albania400 deaths · 162 km
• July 11, 1767, Kefalonia, GreeceM6.7 · 303 deaths · 2,642 houses destroyed · 161 km
• February 4, 1867, Cephalonia, GreeceM7.2 · 223 deaths · 3,200 houses destroyed · 166 km
• November 26, 1920, Tepelene, Dragoti, Peshtani, Maricaj, AlbaniaM6.2 · 200 deaths · 122 km
• August 23, 1817, Aeghion, Achaia, GreeceM6.6 · 128 deaths · 175 km
• February 5, 1786, Corfu (Kerkira), Greece120 deaths · 120 km
• August 1, 1870, Itea Delphi (Phokis), GreeceM7 · 100 deaths · 166 km
• September 30, 1870, GreeceM7.5 · 100 deaths · 166 km
• January 28, 1931, Korce, AlbaniaM5.8 · 90 deaths · 116 km
• May 13, 1895, Margarition-Filiates (Thesprotia), GreeceM6.3 · 80 deaths · 150 houses destroyed · 61 km

Significant earthquakes of 521The 500sRecent earthquakes near here

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 128.