Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Greece, 1900–2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
239
M5+
Strongest
M7.9
M7+ events
16
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903-08-11 | 7.9 | Southern Greece | 80 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1956-07-09 | 7.7 | 19 km SSE of Amorgós, Greece | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-08-17 | 7.6 | 4 km ESE of Derince, Turkey | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1953-03-18 | 7.3 |
| 7 km N of Gönen, Turkey |
| 10 km |
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1947-10-06 | 7.3 | 4 km WNW of Koróni, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-04-25 | 7.3 | 34 km S of Sarigerme, Turkey | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-02-09 | 7.3 | 15 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-11-08 | 7.2 | Aegean Sea | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1912-08-09 | 7.2 | 25 km SE of Malkara, Turkey | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-03-28 | 7.2 | 22 km NE of Gediz, Turkey | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1981-12-19 | 7.2 | 61 km W of Eresós, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-07-23 | 7.2 | 9 km NNW of Karaburun, Turkey | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1904-04-04 | 7.0 | 7 km SE of Stara Kresna, Bulgaria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1919-11-18 | 7.0 | 3 km ESE of Soma, Turkey | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-01-17 | 7.0 | 26 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2020-10-30 | 7.0 | 13 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece | 21 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1926-06-26 | 7.0 | 5 km NNW of Kéfalos, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-02-19 | 7.0 | 55 km S of Mýrina, Greece | 11 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1932-09-26 | 6.9 | 7 km NNE of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-02-14 | 6.9 | 35 km S of Methóni, Greece | 29 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2014-05-24 | 6.9 | 21 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece | 6 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1953-08-12 | 6.8 | 15 km ENE of Póros, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-03-31 | 6.8 | 6 km SW of Galaxídhion, Greece | 61 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1964-10-06 | 6.8 | 12 km WNW of Karacabey, Turkey | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-03-28 | 6.8 | 10 km WSW of Kula, Turkey | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1982-01-18 | 6.8 | 28 km SSE of Karyes, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-10-25 | 6.8 | 32 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-10-06 | 6.7 | 15 km WSW of Alt?noluk, Turkey | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-11-15 | 6.7 | Ionian Sea | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1912-09-13 | 6.7 | 30 km SW of Kumbağ, Turkey | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1922-08-13 | 6.7 | 33 km SE of Karpathos, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-11-30 | 6.7 | 6 km NW of Lukovo, North Macedonia | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1975-03-27 | 6.7 | 31 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey | 5 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1981-02-24 | 6.7 | 5 km SW of Domvraína, Greece | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-01-08 | 6.7 | 26 km NE of Kýthira, Greece | 66 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1954-04-30 | 6.7 | 7 km NE of Anávra, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-03-08 | 6.7 | 3 km SW of Kuklis, North Macedonia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-04-22 | 6.6 | 35 km NW of Itháki, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1911-02-18 | 6.6 | 17 km NNW of Bilisht, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-11-18 | 6.6 | 22 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-05-13 | 6.6 | 10 km W of Aianí, Greece | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2017-07-20 | 6.6 | 11 km ENE of Kos, Greece | 7 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-10-12 | 6.6 | 36 km W of Kíssamos, Greece | 40 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-07-16 | 6.6 | 9 km NW of Sar?kemer, Turkey | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-01-20 | 6.5 | 6 km N of Tríkeri, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1915-08-07 | 6.5 | 32 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2015-11-17 | 6.5 | 19 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece | 11 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1952-12-17 | 6.5 | 46 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2001-07-26 | 6.5 | 32 km WNW of Skýros, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-02-14 | 6.5 | 50 km S of Koróni, Greece | 28 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2020-05-02 | 6.5 | 91 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-09-22 | 6.5 | 9 km NNW of Bergama, Turkey | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-03-08 | 6.5 | Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1933-04-23 | 6.4 | 14 km E of Kardámaina, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-10-12 | 6.4 | 4 km SW of Palekastro, Greece | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-01-14 | 6.4 | 21 km SW of Kalkan, Turkey | 32 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1912-01-24 | 6.4 | 11 km W of Kyllíni, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1961-05-23 | 6.4 | 10 km WSW of Sarigerme, Turkey | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-06-20 | 6.4 | 8 km ESE of Kolchikón, Greece | 3 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1980-07-09 | 6.4 | 6 km S of Áno Lekhónia, Greece | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-05-11 | 6.4 | 45 km WSW of Lithakiá, Greece | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-03-23 | 6.4 | 18 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-11-26 | 6.4 | 15 km WSW of Mamurras, Albania | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-07-01 | 6.4 | 95 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-12-05 | 6.4 | 18 km S of Pefkochóri, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1928-03-31 | 6.4 | 13 km WNW of Bay?nd?r, Turkey | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1922-08-11 | 6.4 | 52 km SSE of Fry, Greece | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-01-04 | 6.3 | 9 km WNW of Marmara, Turkey | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-05-12 | 6.3 | 9 km NNE of Yeşilova, Turkey | 26 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1932-09-29 | 6.3 | 5 km SSW of Askós, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-07-01 | 6.3 | 29 km SSW of Asopós, Greece | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1914-11-27 | 6.3 | 26 km NNW of Itháki, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-08-14 | 6.3 | 8 km S of Kanaláki, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-04-08 | 6.3 | 4 km SSE of Antikyra, Greece | 13 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1953-08-09 | 6.3 | 8 km NE of Póros, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1947-08-30 | 6.3 | 29 km SW of Kíssamos, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-08-27 | 6.3 | 29 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1926-08-30 | 6.3 | 5 km NNW of Géfyra, Greece | 50 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-03-01 | 6.2 | 14 km W of Rizómylos, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1960-05-26 | 6.2 | 11 km SSW of Maliq, Albania | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1962-04-10 | 6.2 | Ionian Sea | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1972-05-04 | 6.2 | 16 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece | 36 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-05-22 | 6.2 | 66 km SE of Emporeío, Greece | 64 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1919-02-24 | 6.2 | 33 km WSW of Filiatrá, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1964-07-17 | 6.2 | 2 km WSW of Fylí, Greece | 153 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-07-20 | 6.2 | Dodecanese Islands, Greece | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-01-22 | 6.2 | 49 km NW of Fry, Greece | 88 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1984-06-21 | 6.2 | 40 km WSW of Kíssamos, Greece | 39 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-06-15 | 6.2 | 68 km S of Pýrgos, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-08-04 | 6.2 | 4 km ESE of Rrëshen, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-02-05 | 6.2 | 14 km NE of Kerasochóri, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1940-02-29 | 6.2 | 16 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1920-11-26 | 6.2 | 3 km SE of Tepelenë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-11-15 | 6.2 | 31 km NNW of Simav, Turkey | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-03-07 | 6.2 | 5 km NNE of Valandovo, North Macedonia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-04-19 | 6.2 | 4 km NNE of Káto Lekhónia, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-09-01 | 6.2 | 9 km E of Lushnjë, Albania | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1963-09-18 | 6.1 | 4 km N of Koruköy, Turkey | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1904-08-11 | 6.1 | 4 km SE of Megálo Chorió, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1938-07-20 | 6.1 | 8 km NW of Fylí, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |