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Historic Earthquake
1905 Greece Earthquake
8 November 1905 · Aegean Sea · Greece
On 8 November 1905 at 22:06 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Greece (Aegean Sea), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 7 km from its boundary with the Aegean Sea Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 11 people.
- Date
- 8 November 1905
- Time
- 22:06 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 15 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 11
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (3.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Greece
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1981Aegean Sea, Lesbos · M 7.5
- 19681968 Aegean Sea Earthquake · M 7.222 deaths
- 1965Greece · M 7.16 deaths
- 1953Yenice–Gönen Earthquake of 1953 · M 7.31,070 deaths
- 1928Popovitsa · M 7.0
- 1912Tekirdağ–Mürefte Earthquake of 1912 · M 7.22,800 deaths
- 1904Struma · M 7.8
- 1904Struma · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth