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M=6.8

West of Mani

Very strong tsunami which hit with force Gythio and all surroundings

M=7.4

Large destructions west of Cephalonia.

Light sea wave

 

M=6.3

Major destructions at Corinth, Loutraki

Major damages south of Lafkada and north of Cephalonia and Ithake

Cephalonia M=7

Small damages in Cephalonia, but the aftershock of 23;51 (M=6.4) which was on land caused more damages

Sequence of earthquakes

• 9 August 1953 07:41 M=6.4
• 11 August 1953 03:32 M=6.8
• 12 August 1953 09:23 M=7.2
• 12 August 1953 12:03 M=6.3

Very large destructions in Cephalonia (83% of the houses destroyed entirely)

Tsunami observed. Bulding collapsed and fatalities at Zakynthos

Sequence of earthquakes lasting 21 months (until the mainshock) with:

• 23 June 1741 Cephalonia (Argostoli, Assos, Valsamata, Lixouri)

 

• 25 February 1742 Zakynthos M=6.4

Large damages at Zakynthos, 120 people killed, ref Barbiani & Barbiani, 1864, Albini et al., 1995, Chiotes 1886-87

 

• 20 February 1743 Lefkada, Corfu M=6.8

Major damages at Francavilla Fontana and Nardo (Italy) and in Lefkada. Serious damages at Brindisi, Taranto, Bari, in the north of Cephalonia, Ioannina. Duration in Zakynthos = 2mn

Ref Perrey, 1848, Mallet, 1848, Aravantinos, 1856, Partsch, 1887, Machaeras, 1951, Montadon, 1953, Triantafyllou, 1959, Tsitseles, 1960

 

• June 1745 Corfu M=6.5

Destructions in Corfou, strongly felt up to Cephalonia

« The cape Saint Sostes was sunk and the earth was fissured in many places » ‘Papazachos & Papazachou, 1997).

References

• Barbiani & Barbiani, 1864
• Katrames, 1880

 

• 25 October 2018 M=6.8 Zakynthos
• 17 November 2015 M=6.4 Lefkada
• 1 July 2009 M=6.4 Crete
• 14 February 2008 M=6.9 Methoni
• 15 June 1995 M=6.2 Aigion
• 17 January 1983 M=7.2 Cephalonia
• 24 February 1981 M=6.7 Corinth
• 6 July 1965 M=6.3 Eratini-Galaxidi
• 7 February 1963 landslide Aigion
• 12 August 1953, M=7.2 Cephalonia
• 22 April 1948 M=6.5 Ionian sea
• 22 April 1928 M=6 Corinth
• 4 February 1867, M=7.4 Cephalonia
• 20 September 1867 M=7.1 Mani
• 6 January 1821 M=6.5 Ionian sea
• 29 December 1820 M=6.9 Zakynthos
• 14 May 1748 M=6.8 Corinth & Patras gulf
• 20 February 1743 M=6.8 Corfu
• 5 November 1633 M=6.9 Zakynthos
• 5 May 1622 M=6.6 Zakynthos
• April 551 M=7.1 Etolia
• 21 July 365 M=8 Crete
• -373 M=7.3 Corinth & Patras gulf
• June -426 M=7.1 Corinth & Patras gulf