What the records say
- When
- 9 Jul 1956
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Where
- Greece
- Coordinates
- 36.66° N, 25.96° E
- Deaths
- 56
- Injuries
- 100
- Houses destroyed
- 529
- Intensity mmi
- 9
- Depth km
- 20
1956 Amorgos earthquake
Earthquake and tsunami centered near the Greek island of Amorgos
The 1956 Amorgos earthquake occurred at 03:11 UTC on July 9. It had a magnitude of 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of IX on the Mercalli intensity scale. The epicentre was to the south of the island of Amorgos, the easternmost island of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea. There was significant damage on Amorgos and the neighbouring island of Santorini.
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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 7.7 Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Séisme de 1956 sur Amorgós”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page