World Map › Major Earthquakes Since 1900 › 1954
Historic Earthquake
1954 Greece Earthquake
20 April 1954 · Greece
On 20 April 1954, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Greece. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 145 km from its boundary with the Aegean Sea Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 25 people.
- Date
- 20 April 1954
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Deaths
- 25
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Greece
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
- 1965Greece · M 7.16 deaths
- 19531953 Ionian Earthquake · M 7.2476 deaths
- 1905Aegean Sea · M 7.211 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