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445–800. 6.4 M w, 6.8 M w & 7.2 M w. X. Two foreshocks and one major earthquake occurred in the span of three days / 2,412 injured / The islands of Cephalonia, Zakynthos and Ithaca were leveled. From the 33,300 buildings of these three islands, 27,659 were completely destroyed.
Russian invasion of Ukraine. Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion. Ukraine reports capturing 82 Russian settlements within an area of 1,150 square kilometres (440 sq mi) since the start of the Kursk incursion on August 6.
2021 Arkalochori earthquake. / 35.252; 25.260. A moment magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the island of Crete in Greece at a depth of 6 km on 27 September 2021. [4] [5] [6] The epicenter of the earthquake was located southeast of Heraklion. The quake killed one person, injured 36 (one indirect) and damaged over 5,000 old buildings on the island.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has struck southern Greece off the coast of the western Peloponnese. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quake, which ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities on the Greek island of Crete have ordered the temporary closure of mountain gorges popular with hikers after an earthquake triggered a rockslide and seriously ...
A strong earthquake, measured at 6.3 magnitude, rocked west Greece on March 3, with people in the city of Larissa taking to the streets amid the tremors.Local reports said the quake was also felt ...
On March 3, 2021, 12:16:09 ( UTC +2) the 2021 Larissa earthquake had a magnitude of 6.3 Mw with an intensity of VIII ( Severe) on the Mercalli Scale 9 kilometers west of Týrnavos, Greece. [2] One person was confirmed dead with eleven other people injured. [3] Light shaking was also felt as far as Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Montenegro.
An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.0 [4] [note 1] occurred on 30 October 2020 about 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of the Greek island of Samos.Although Samos was closest to the epicentre, it was the Turkish city İzmir, 70 km (43 mi) northeast that was heavily affected—more than 700 residential and commercial structures were seriously damaged or destroyed.