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Historic Earthquake
1957 Greece Earthquake
8 March 1957 · Stephanovikion-Velestnon (Magnesia) · Greece
On 8 March 1957 at 12:21 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Greece (Stephanovikion-Velestnon (Magnesia)). It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 92 km from its boundary with the Aegean Sea Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 2 people.
- Date
- 8 March 1957
- Time
- 12:21 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 2
- 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
- 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
- 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