What the records say
- When
- 20 Apr 1894
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.7
- Where
- Greece
- Coordinates
- 38.60° N, 23.20° E
- Deaths
- 255
- Intensity mmi
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1894 Atalanti earthquakes
Earthquakes in Greece
The first of the 1894 Atalanti earthquakes occurred on 20 April 1894 at 16:52 UTC, with a magnitude of 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of X on the Mercalli intensity scale. It was followed seven days later on 27 April at 19:42 UTC by the second, with a magnitude of 6.9, which also had a maximum intensity of X.
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2 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- EPICA v1.1, European preinstrumental earthquakes 1000–1899 (Rovida & Antonucci 2021)INGV · names it “Earthquake — Locris-Central Greece”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
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