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Historic Earthquake
1953 Greece Earthquake
18 June 1953 · Edirne · Greece
On 18 June 1953 at 05:44 UTC, an earthquake struck Greece (Edirne). It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 98 km from its boundary with the Anatolian Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 37 people.
- Date
- 18 June 1953
- Time
- 05:44 UTC
- Deaths
- 37
- 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
- 1953Yenice–Gönen Earthquake of 1953 · M 7.31,070 deaths
- 1912Tekirdağ–Mürefte Earthquake of 1912 · M 7.22,800 deaths
- 1905Aegean Sea · M 7.211 deaths
- 1904Struma · M 7.8
- 1904Struma · M 7.5
- 19011901 Black Sea Earthquake · M 7.24 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth