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Historic Earthquake
1928 Corinth Earthquake
22 April 1928 · Corinth (Corinthia) · Greece
On 22 April 1928 at 20:13 UTC, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Greece (Corinth (Corinthia)), at a depth of 29 km. It occurred on the Aegean Sea Plate, 39 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 20 people. 3,000 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 22 April 1928
- Time
- 20:13 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Depth
- 29 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 20
- Homes Destroyed
- 3,000
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.6 m wave)
- Plate
- Aegean Sea Plate
- Country
- Greece
- Nearest Volcano
- Methana Volcano (51 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1983Ionian Sea · M 7.2
- 1981Aegean Sea, Lesbos · M 7.5
- 19681968 Aegean Sea Earthquake · M 7.222 deaths
- 19531953 Ionian Earthquake · M 7.2476 deaths
- 1947S, Pylia (Messinia) · M 7.33 deaths
- 1927Oetylos (Laconia) · M 7.3
- 1905Aegean Sea · M 7.211 deaths
- 19031903 Kythera Earthquake · M 7.82 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth