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Historic Earthquake
1926 Earthquake Off Kos
26 June 1926 · Rhodes Island, Lower Egypt · Greece
On 26 June 1926 at 19:46 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Greece (Rhodes Island, Lower Egypt), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Aegean Sea Plate, 128 km from its boundary with the Anatolian Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 26 June 1926
- Time
- 19:46 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 15 km
- Maximum Intensity
- XI (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Aegean Sea Plate
- Country
- Greece
- Nearest Volcano
- Nisyros (30 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2020Aegean Sea Earthquake of 2020 · M 7.0118 deaths
- 1969Alaşehir Earthquake of 1969 · M 6.553 deaths
- 1957Fethiye Earthquake of 1957 · M 7.318 deaths
- 19561956 Amorgos Earthquake · M 7.756 deaths
- 1955Soke, Aydin · M 6.623 deaths
- 1948Dodecanese Islands · M 7.3
- 1939Turkey · M 6.541 deaths
- 1928İzmir–Torbalı Earthquake of 1928 · M 6.5170 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth