Earthquake — Greece: Asprogerakas (Kephallenia)

When

11 Aug 1953

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.8

Where

Greece

Coordinates

38.10° N, 20.60° E

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

33

Extreme earthquake in the Greek Ionian Islands

The 1953 Ionian earthquake struck the southern Ionian Islands in Greece on August 12. In mid-August, there were over 113 recorded earthquakes in the region between Kefalonia and Zakynthos, and the most destructive was the August 12 earthquake.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 1953 Ionian earthquake of magnitude 7.2 totally devastates Cephalonia and most of the other Ionian Islands, in Greece's worst natural disaster in centuries”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In dem Erdbeben auf Kefalonia und Zakynthos 1953 werden beide Inseln fast völlig zerstört”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Séisme à Céphalonie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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