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1978 Thessaloniki Earthquake
20 June 1978 · Thessaloniki · Greece
On 20 June 1978 at 20:03 UTC, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Greece (Thessaloniki), at a depth of 3 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 112 km from its boundary with the Aegean Sea Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 50 people.
- Date
- 20 June 1978
- Time
- 20:03 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.4
- Depth
- 3 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 50
- Estimated Damage
- 250 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- Yes
- 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
- 1965Greece · M 7.16 deaths
- 1954Greece · M 7.025 deaths
- 1928Popovitsa · M 7.0
- 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